Dense fog advisories cover parts of 15 states
Snow cover disappearing around the Twin Cities
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Welcome to London. Or Seattle.
It’s another symptom of our record warm super El Niño winter.
Thick fog will blanket most of southern Minnesota into Friday morning, and we’re just the tip of the iceberg. Dense fog advisories cover parts of 15 states running from Minnesota south to Texas and east to New York.
Here are the details on the advisory for central and southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities.
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Including the cities of Albert Lea, Osceola, Chaska, Owatonna, Montevideo, Stillwater, Sauk Rapids, Red Wing, Le Sueur, Faribault, Blaine, St Cloud, Rice Lake, Minneapolis, Menomonie, Little Falls, Victoria, Long Prairie, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Hutchinson, Olivia, Ladysmith, Princeton, River Falls, Chippewa Falls, Alexandria, Willmar, Center City, St Peter, Litchfield, St James, Granite Falls, Hastings, Mankato, New Ulm, Blue Earth, Hudson, Eau Claire, Redwood Falls, Fairmont, Elk River, Durand, Monticello, Glenwood, Waseca, Benson, Morris, St Paul, Cambridge, Shakopee, Mora, and Madison
219 PM CST Thu Jan 25 2024
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin.
* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 10 AM CST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Visibility will slowly improve tomorrow morning however, fog will still be present throughout much of Friday, as has been the case the last few days. Temperatures near freezing will create slippery travel conditions, especially during the early morning.
Freezing north
Much of the Twin Cities may hover just above freezing again overnight into Friday morning. But areas just north and west could see more freezing fog and drizzle overnight making roads icy again.
Highs Friday will approach 40 degrees in the Twin Cities.
Snow cover going
Our mild temperatures and drizzle have done a number on snow cover around the Twin Cities. There‘s just a trace of snow on the ground now here at the Weather Lab and at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Here are some select snow depth readings Thursday from around Minnesota:
Fargo-Moorhead, 1 inch
St. Cloud, 2 inches
Rochester, 4 inches
Duluth, 5 inches
Worthington, 9 inches
Here’s the difference in snow cover between Wednesday and Thursday at the Weather Lab.
Even warmer next week
Our well-advertised warmup next week is still on track. High temperatures in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees still look likely later next week into the first weekend of February.
Record highs in the Twin Cities are between 48 and 51 degrees late next week. And we’ll probably set some overnight record-high minimum temperatures later next week.
What winter?
Stay tuned.