More snow and wind part of advisory for Grand Cities, part of northern valley
It's spring, but Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and the northern Red River region are not going to escape the winter weather that's blasting through the Northern Plains, the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks says.By: Herald Staff Report, Grand Forks Herald
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Spring has sprung a leak in more ways than one. Besides flooding, Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and the northern Red River region will see a share of the nasty winter weather that's blasting its way through the Northern Plains.
A winter weather advisory is in effect for part of the northern valley, that continues through 7 a.m. early Wednesday. Snow may be heavy at times - 4 to 8 inches, with locally heavier amounts, are possible over the extended advisory period, and north winds with gusts reaching 30 mph are expected to arrive Tuesday, creating very difficult, hazardous travel conditions.
The Grand Forks area counties in the advisory area are Polk, Norman, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Mahnomen, eastern Walsh, Grand Forks, Steele and Traill counties.
The New Rockford, Lakota and Cooperstown, N.D., areas are in a separate winter weather advisory area that ends at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Conditions will be worse farther south, including the Fargo-Moorhead area, which is in a winter storm warning area, the weather service says, and parts of South Dakota and North Dakota are in a blizzard warning today and Tuesday. The North Dakota portion of the warning expires at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The spring snow storm is expected to drop a foot of snow or more along the North Dakota-South Dakota border into adjacent portions of west-central Minnesota.
The New Rockford, Lakota and Cooperstown areas are in a winter weather advisory until 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The NWS forecast for Grand Forks:
Today: Snow, mainly after 1 p.m. High near 29. Northeast wind between 9 and 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight: Snow and widespread blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 24. North northeast wind between 11 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Tuesday: Snow and widespread blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 30. Blustery, with a north northeast wind between 16 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Tuesday Night: Snow and widespread blowing snow. Low around 21. North northeast wind between 13 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 30. North northwest wind between 13 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Wednesday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 17.
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.
Friday Night: A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Saturday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40.
Saturday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.
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