National Weather Service

Confidence continues to increase for snow late Saturday night into Sunday.

There is a chance that we may see a high accumulation of snowfall starting Saturday night.

Dodge County has pulled their snowplows off of the roads and the Dodge County Sheriff has advised no travel in the county.

A narrow band of heavy snow will move across southwest Minnesota today and impact travel. Totals of 1 to 4 inches of snow (darker blue) are expected for counties along the Upper Minnesota River Valley.

Mixed precipitation is possible Christmas Day into Thursday.

A Winter Storm Warning has been expanded to cover most of central Minnesota along with all of southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

Widespread heavy rainfall is expected area-wide Monday and Tuesday. Total rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected.

A storm system that was across the Upper Midwest Friday morning, will continue to intensify.

A major winter storm is expected to impact the Dakotas starting Wednesday night.

Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind are all possible late Tuesday afternoon and evening across much of the area.