Winter storm warning, snow continues today

CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD SEE MAINLY SNOW TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A RICE LAKE...TO LAKEVILLE...TO OWATONNA LINE. EAST AND SOUTH OF THE
WARNING AREA...INCLUDING THE LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND RED WING
AREAS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY.

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE
WARNING AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
ADVISORY AREA OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND
4 INCHES.

BY SATURDAY MORNING...THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS
APPROACHING 18 INCHES. AMOUNTS WILL BE LESSER TOWARD THE ALBERT
LEA...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS...WHERE STORM
TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED.

WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTH
NORTHWESTERLY TODAY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES.
BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

HUTCHINSON-AREA FORECAST:

Christmas Day: Snow. High near 31. Blustery, with a east northeast wind between 15 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow. Low around 28. Blustery, with a northeast wind between 11 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 28. North northeast wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 14. North northwest wind between 7 and 10 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. North northwest wind between 9 and 13 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7.