It’s a slow commute on Thursday morning after several inches of snow fell in parts of the metro starting during the Wednesday evening commute and continuing overnight.
On Thursday morning, the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service reports that 7.6 inches of snow fell at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 6.5 inches at Chanhassen, 2.5 inches in Eau Claire, Wis. and only 0.2 inches for St. Cloud.
“The surface low went across central MN,” the weather service reported on X, “so this is where a corridor of bore showed up, with heavy snow to the north and south of the low.”
Other totals were still incoming on Thursday morning, but as with St. Cloud, some areas of the extended metro saw no or little snow, with the most snow falling in the south metro.
A narrow band of light snow remains stationary over portions of Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Thursday morning, the weather service noted.
“Many routes are partially snow-covered, especially southwest Twin Cities metro,” the weather service warned on X. “Give yourself extra time for the morning commute as it may be slower than normal!”
The difficult conditions began during the Wednesday afternoon and evening commutes, with slow traffic and near whiteout conditions for some.
From 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Minnesota State Patrol reported six injury crashes, 132 property damage crashes, 109 vehicles off the road, eight vehicle spin outs and eight jackknifed semis.
The State Patrol recommends checking out 511mn.org before heading out, as well as slowing down and driving safely for these conditions.
It’s a mild storm compared to what the North Shore faced, including snow, whiteout conditions, travel difficulties on U.S. 61 and breaking up the ice on the ice caves of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin.
Later today in the Twin Cities, it’s expected to warm up to a seasonable 32 degrees.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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