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Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

Overview

A winter storm brought snow to the region starting late Friday morning, persisting into the overnight hours. Mostly "light and fluffy", 1" per hour snowfall rates were common. A narrow swath of heavy snow fell across far northern Iowa  and southern Minnesota into southwest Wisconsin with 7 to 14 inches occurring in this band. Lower amounts were observed to the north and south of the heavy snow band.  

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24-hr snowfall ending at 6 am, January 19, 2019
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