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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Paul Huttner

Winter storm warnings in Wisconsin; accumulating snow in SE Minnesota

Major storm to dump heavy snow Tuesday night across much of Wisconsin

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Talk about a close call.

A major wintry storm will dump heavy snow across much of Wisconsin and produce accumulations in southeastern Minnesota Tuesday night.

The system is a panhandle hook-type storm. It winds up in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle region and spins across southern Lake Michigan Wednesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model shows the snow shield intensifying across Wisconsin and clipping southeastern Minnesota Tuesday night into Wednesday:

NOAA GFS model
Global Forecast System model between 1 p.m. Tuesday and 7 p.m. Wednesday.
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

Snowfall totals will likely reach 12 inches with this system across much of central and eastern Wisconsin. The heaviest snowfall will likely fall in northeastern Wisconsin around Green Bay.

Snowfall projection for WI
Snowfall projection for Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wis., National Weather Service office

Accumulating snow will also fall across southeastern Minnesota. Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow is likely from Rochester to Winona and southeast toward Hokah and through Houston County.

Snowfall projection
Snowfall projection
La Crosse, Wis., National Weather Service office

Milder late this week

Sunshine will return to Minnesota and temperatures will moderate later this week. Late Thursday, Friday and Saturday look sunny across our region.

Highs will reach the 50s once again by Friday and Saturday.

Forecast high temperatures Saturday
Forecast high temperatures Saturday
NOAA

A cooler spell early next week gives way to what could be the warmest temperature so far this year for Minnesota around the weekend of April 13-14. NOAA’s Global Forecast System model is cranking out highs in the mid to upper 70s that weekend.

Stay tuned.