Blizzard in Duluth, MN

UNINTERRUPTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE DULUTH AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON… INCLUDING  CLOQUET

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN DULUTH…ALONG AND NEAR THE LAKESHORE… RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SUBURBS …RIDGES SURROUNDING THE DULUTH AREA…INCLUDING SHOPPING MALLS AND ALL AREAS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AROUND THE AIRPORT. CONDITIONS ARE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND ROADS AND BRIDGES.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE…UNINTERRUPTED…45 MPH WITH FREQUENT 55 MPH GUSTS AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN 50 TO 100 FEET AND FREQUENTLY LESS… ELEVATED ROADS AND LAKESHORE AREAS HAVE AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 65 TO 70 MPH.

VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW… LARGE VOLUMES OF SNOW WILL BE MOVED BY STRONG WINDS AND BUILD UP ON ROADS. IN EXPOSED AREAS…WINDS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 68 MPH…AND SUCH GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

SNOWFALL ESTIMATES… FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES SO FAR. A SPOTTER IN BUTTERNUT HAD 12 INCHES AS OF 4 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL… WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/states.php?state=MN&map=on

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