Justin Liles: Round two begins tonight

We are now in the lull of the storm for a few hours. Snow will likely return to the majority of the Northland tonight as another round of heavy snow returns. Once again gusty winds along the north shore and heavy snowfall will likely lead to terrible travel again Thursday morning and during the day. All areas from the head of the lake and up the north shore may see an additional foot of snowfall on top of what we already have.

Road crews have done a decent job on our main roads but residential areas may take a while. The low responsible for all of this snow sticks around through the remainder of the week and into the weekend. Travel conditions won’t be the best during this time. Blow and drifting snow along with poor visibilities are likely. Following the snow, the winds will turn more northwesterly and lead to lake effect along areas of the south shore. Colder air follows in behind the Sunday into Monday.

TONIGHT
Snow, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain, becoming all snow after 1am. The rain, snow, and freezing rain could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 3am. Steady temperature around 32. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. New snow accumulation up to a foot possible along the north shore including Duluth.
THURSDAY
Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 5pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy blowing snow before 1pm. High near 34. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
THURSDAY NIGHT
Snow likely, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain, becoming all snow after 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 25. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
FRIDAY
Snow likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
FRIDAY NIGHT
A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
SATURDAY
A slight chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
SUNDAY
Partly sunny, with a high near 14. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 m