Winter storm warnings run from this afternoon into Monday morning for the Alexandria and Willmar areas.
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But even in places that receive no snow, the strong winds will whip around snow already on the ground.
Winds will blow 30-40 miles per hour, with gusts up to 65 miles per hour. “If you must travel, MnDOT advises motorists to slow down, use their headlights and give plows room to work”.
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)…86 Elkhart, Ind.
The strength of the blizzard will depend on how much snow it brings.
The weather service had predicted high wind gusts would whip up a few inches of fresh snow, making for whiteout conditions in open country, but those areas of very low visibility were not widespread.
MPR reports the conditions are being created by a low pressure system moving southeast from Alberta late Saturday night, before entering Minnesota on Sunday. He added that most of the concerns are with the amount of wind rather than the amount of snow. The following stretches of interstate may experience blizzard or near-blizzard conditions: I-29 from Sioux City to the Canadian border; I-35 from Des Moines to Duluth; I-90 from eastern South Dakota into southern Minnesota; I-94 from eastern North Dakota to western Wisconsin.
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According to KSTP reporter Joe Mazan, high winds and blowing snow moved through Chaska beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday. Well, today in 1975, New England suffered through its greatest snowstorm on record as parts of the Northeast received 27 inches of snow.
