WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT ;)) ;))

Local Severe Weather Alert for Hibbing, MN (55746)

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.    * TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN...WILL SPREAD NORTH OVER WISCONSIN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL TOTALS THIS WEEKEND WILL RANGE FROM LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR TWO...TO 8 INCHES OR MORE. ALTHOUGH THE LOCATION OF THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...THE BEST CHANCE TO RECEIVE 4 INCHES OR GREATER LIES EAST OF A LINE FROM ELY...TO HIBBING...AND MILLE LACS LAKE.  * MAIN IMPACT: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FOR SOME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA...CREATING SLICK OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS.  PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND UPDATES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.