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Heavy Snow Across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes; Strong Winds for the East

Travel conditions will be challenging across the northern Plains, Great Lakes and east coast through Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Heavy snow, blizzard conditions, for the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region through Thanksgiving to be followed by another strong storm for the Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast this weekend. Strong winds are expected with these systems adding to travel difficulties Read More >

Scattered snow showers are gradually lifting northeast and tapering off this evening. Snow ending for southwest WI between now-6 pm CST. Snow ending for southeast/east-central WI between 5-8 pm CST. Blustery winds will continue tonight.
Timeline of weather outlook through the holiday weekend. Blustery winds into Thanksgiving with much colder temps and overnight single digit winds chills into Friday. Snow potential continues for the weekend with likely impacts from wherever the snow sets up.
Blustery winds continue tonight into Thanksgiving morning. Also will see much cold temps with winds chills in the teens to single digit.
There is a persisting signal for accumulating snow for southern WI this weekend, thus confidence is growing for travel and snow impacts. This looks to be a long-duration snow beginning late Friday night and continuing into Sunday. Greatest impacts are looking to be during the day Saturday. Details on snow amounts and locations WILL CHANGE leading into the event as it is too early to tell any specifics. Any minor shifts in the system's track, temps, snow rates, and banding setup will all play a role in snow amounts and impact locations. We encourage you to stay up to date with the latest forecast and emails over the next few days as the forecast becomes more refined.