St. Michael, Albertville on Southeast Edge of Another Winter Storm

The National Weather Service has placed Wright County, including the areas of St. Michael, Otsego and Albertville, in a Winter Storm Watch beginning this evening. 

Winter Storm Triton, the second storm to come through Minnesota in a week, is expected to hit West and Central Minnesota the hardest, with freezing rain beginning later today and building a layer of ice that could be at least a quarter of an inch thick.

Snow is expected to start falling some time on Saturday as a second wave of precipitation comes through. 

Here's the statement from the National Weather Service in Chanhassen: 

WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW... OR REMAIN AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING... AND END EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS STARTING TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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... PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET BECOMING LIKELY TONIGHT...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTING EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL SPREAD A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW COULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY... BUT IS MORE LIKELY TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH... TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH... ALONG WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE WATCH AREA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS... TO HUTCHINSON... ELK RIVER AND MORA.