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Tracking Atmospheric River for the West Coast; Space Weather Storming Continues

An atmospheric river will bring threats of gusty to high winds and heavy rainfall to California mainly Thursday into Saturday which may bring areas of flooding and wind damage. Heavy snow will be possible over the Sierra Nevada mountains Thursday into Friday associated with the atmospheric river. Minor to severe geomagnetic storming (space weather) is expected to continue into early Thursday. Read More >

Overview

A winter storm moved through the Upper Mississippi River Valley on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Initially, temperatures were above freezing and precipitation fell as rain. Then, a strong cold front moved across the region, causing precipitation to quickly change over to snow. A flash freeze occurred for many areas, meaning wet roads from the rainfall quickly froze and became icy as temperatures dropped.

Snow amounts ranged from a Trace up to 5 inches with the highest amounts falling across portions of southeast Minnesota into north central Wisconsin.

Travel was impacted throughout the day with several school closures across northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and north central Wisconsin. 

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January 11, 2018 Snowfall
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