Justin Liles: Strong fall storm coming

A strong fall storm will bring a variety of precipitation types to the Northland tonight into Thursday night. The trend will be for mostly rain and thunderstorms today into most of tonight then a switch from west to east Thursday into Thursday night with all areas changing to snow Thursday night. Most of the precipitation will fall today into Friday morning.

Areas in far north-central Minnesota may see a wintry mix develop late tonight. Snowfall amounts will be greatest over far north-central Minnesota and especially across Koochiching County. A secondary max is expected over the snowbelt of Ashland and Iron Counties which will see snow showers into Saturday as winds turn northerly. Most of the snow is expected to fall Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.

Tonight
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Steady temperature around 45. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers likely. Temperature falling to around 37 by 3pm. Windy, with an east wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.
Thursday Night
Rain showers, snow showers, and freezing rain likely before midnight, then a chance of snow showers and freezing rain between midnight and 3am, then a chance of snow showers after 3am. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Veterans Day
A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Blustery, with a north wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 28. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.