April's Fool: Another 3 Inches of Snow Expected in IGH

At this point, we may all be April's fools.

The second snowfall in a little more than a week is expected to slam into the Twin Cities area Thursday night and drop up to three inches of fresh snow on Inver Grove Heights by Friday morning, marking the second straight Friday residents here will wake up to white. 

While last Thursday's snow totals came in under forecasted amounts, this storm is packing some moisture with it, and the Twin Cities area should see snow beginning Thursday night and extending into Friday. 

That should create yet another messy, miserable commute for Friday morning as well.

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The official weather statement, via the National Weather Service:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 1 PM FRIDAY.

* TIMING: A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE RAIN SNOW LINE PUSHING EAST THROUGH THE DAY. ALL AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 5 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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...LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN TONIGHT BECOMING HEAVIER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW LIKELY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

CURRENT FORECASTS HAVE BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY HAVE MORE RAIN THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE STILL REMAINS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW AXIS.