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Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

A late season winter storm will produce a combination of heavy snow and disruptive ice starting this evening in the Northern Plains and moving into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by tonight continuing through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms will likely produce severe wind gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes, and heavy rainfall across the southern and central Plains into the morning. Read More >

NORWAY AREA (7,000 FT TO 10,000 FT)
 
 DATE                                        THURSDAY 04/02/26                       FRIDAY 04/03/26
 TIME (LT)          17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17   20   23   02   05   08   11   14   17
                    5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   8P   11P  2A   5A   8A   11A  2P   5P   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   SC   FW   FW   CL   FW   SC   FW
 CLOUD COVER (%)   100   95   95   80   80   70   90   75   70   70   45   20   10    5    5   25   15
 TEMPERATURE        30   30   26   21   17   18   21   22   22   21   19   18   17   22   29   32   34
 MIN/MAX TEMP                           16                  23                  17                  34
 WIND DIR            S   SW    W    W    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW   NW    W   SW   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)         26   26   23   20   19   20   21   24   24   20   17   14   12    9   12   11   12
 WIND GUST (MPH)                                                                                      
 PRECIP PROB (%)   100   90   90   20   70   60   80   60   50   50   10   10    5    5    5    5    0
 PRECIP TYPE         S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S    S                                   
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.52      0.05      0.04      0.05      0.02      0.00      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 5.0       0.7       0.6       0.8       0.3       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  6.8  6.5  4.5  3.2  2.3  2.4  3.0  3.2  3.3  3.0  3.0  3.2  3.1  3.3  4.4  5.1  5.6
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN