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Winter weather advisory: Light icy glaze likely into Wednesday morning

Freezing drizzle and a light snowy coating across much of central Minnesota into Wisconsin.

Winter weather advisory
Winter weather and dense fog advisories.
Twin Cities National Weather Service

It doesn’t take much this time of year.

A weak weather system brings light freezing drizzle with a candy coating of snow overnight into Wednesday. The same warm layer aloft that’s producing our trapping temperature inversion and poor air quality will allow falling precipitation to melt and reach the frozen ground in liquid form overnight.

winter precip_types
Winter precipitation types.
NOAA

With temperatures below freezing on the ground, any untreated roads and walkways may get enough ice to make for some slick spots Wednesday morning.

Forecast low temperatures Wednesday
Forecast low temperatures Wednesday.
NOAA

NOAA’s NAM 3 km model picks up the trend between 9 pm Tuesday and 6 pm Wednesday.

NOAA NAM 3 km model
NOAA NAM 3 km model between 10 pm Tuesday and noon Wednesday.
NOAA via tropical tidbits

Here’s the verbiage from the winter weather advisory.

Including the cities of St Cloud, Elk River, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, Hudson, River Falls, Menomonie, Durand, and Eau Claire

228 PM CST Tue Jan 10 2023

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of less than one inch and ice accumulations of a light glaze.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast Minnesota and west central Wisconsin.

* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

High temperatures Wednesday afternoon should rise above freezing in most areas. That should help improve road conditions Wednesday.