A one-two punch for the Midwest
James Wilson, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Mar. 7, 2009 7:50 pm ET
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On Sunday, low pressure, the first of the one-two punch, moves across the Midwest.
Southern Minnesota (Minneapolis being on the northern fringe), south-central Wisconsin and north-central Lower Michigan could see accumulating snow (locally 6 inches or more) while just south there will be a narrow band of wintry mix and freezing rain.
Heavy additional inch-plus rains will continue from eastern Iowa to central and southern Michigan and Ohio.
From the mid-Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley, thunderstorms will turn severe. Hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes could all occur on Sunday.
Highs Sunday will range from the 20s in North Dakota to the 60s and 70s in the Ohio Valley.
Later Monday through early Wednesday, the second, more potent and very windier storm will track from western Kansas into the western Great Lakes with heavy snow for the Dakotas and much of Minnesota, a wintry mix from northeast Nebraska to Upper Michigan and locally heavy rain and thunderstorms from Iowa and Missouri into the southern Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley.
On Tuesday, the north-central states could be in the midst of a blizzard while the lower Midwest deals with a severe outbreak including tornadoes. The eastern Dakotas to northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin could see a foot of snow and high drifts.
Arctic air will sweep in behind the storm (good-bye to early spring), leaving the region quiet but cold late week.
James Wilson, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Mar. 7, 2009 7:50 pm ET
Midwest | View Regional Video
On Sunday, low pressure, the first of the one-two punch, moves across the Midwest.
Southern Minnesota (Minneapolis being on the northern fringe), south-central Wisconsin and north-central Lower Michigan could see accumulating snow (locally 6 inches or more) while just south there will be a narrow band of wintry mix and freezing rain.
Heavy additional inch-plus rains will continue from eastern Iowa to central and southern Michigan and Ohio.
From the mid-Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley, thunderstorms will turn severe. Hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes could all occur on Sunday.
Highs Sunday will range from the 20s in North Dakota to the 60s and 70s in the Ohio Valley.
Later Monday through early Wednesday, the second, more potent and very windier storm will track from western Kansas into the western Great Lakes with heavy snow for the Dakotas and much of Minnesota, a wintry mix from northeast Nebraska to Upper Michigan and locally heavy rain and thunderstorms from Iowa and Missouri into the southern Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley.
On Tuesday, the north-central states could be in the midst of a blizzard while the lower Midwest deals with a severe outbreak including tornadoes. The eastern Dakotas to northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin could see a foot of snow and high drifts.
Arctic air will sweep in behind the storm (good-bye to early spring), leaving the region quiet but cold late week.
