By Dan Depodwin, Meteorologist
October 4, 2012; 7:10AM,EDT
After an unusually warm winter last season, the 2012-2013 winter is starting with a bang across portions of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest as a powerful snowstorm takes shape.
Moderate to heavy snow is spreading from northeastern North Dakota into northwestern Minnesota, while winds above 40 mph whip across the region.
Follow along with AccuWeather.com as we bring you the latest updates.
UPDATES:
7:18 a.m. EDT Thursday: Estimates of 2.5 to 3.0 inches of snow so far this morning in Lankin, N.D.
7:15 a.m. EDT Thursday: Snow is becoming heavier in Fargo, N.D., reducing the visibility to 3/4 of a mile. The highest wind gust measured so far this morning in Fargo was 47 mph.
5:15 a.m. EDT Thursday: A swath of moderate to heavy snow extends from eastern North Dakota to northwestern Minnesota. Temperatures near freezing with wind gusts to 40 mph.
3:10 a.m. EDT Thursday: Cold air is wrapping around the strengthening storm. Now snowing in Aberdeen, S.D., while still raining in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2:45 a.m. EDT Thursday: Radar lighting up just north of Grand Forks, N.D., as a low deepens. Some of the yellows and oranges on radar are an indication of "bright-banding" which occurs when it is sleeting above the ground. Therefore, although it is still raining in many places, it is only a matter of time before it becomes a wind-whipped snow!
1:15 a.m. EDT Thursday: Rain is expected to change to snow across eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota in the next several hours. The snow can be heavy at times. Gusty winds in excess of 40-mph can also cause blowing an drifting.
1 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 4: The temperature in Denver is now 38 degrees after a high of 83 earlier Wednesday afternoon! The precipitous plunge included a drop of 18 degrees in 1 hour and 5 degrees in 5 minutes!
Wednesday, Oct. 3: The strengthening storm dumped 2.3 inches of snow on Billings, Mont., setting an new record snowfall for the date.
Follow @breakingweather on Twitter for updates:
breakingweather The former Typhoon Jelawat is bringing rain & high winds to AK. A gust of 70 mph hit Cold Bay, Alaska Wed. PM. about 1 hour ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Lightning was reported in NW MN in the last hour! Low deepening rapidly causing cold air to pour south and eastward! #snow 3 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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Is it really October?! Steady snow, winds > 40 mph, temperatures at
freezing in ND and MN! Be careful out there this AM! 3 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Ready for snow? Follow along with our live blog on the snowstorm in North Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, and Ontario! ow.ly/ed84X 3 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Rain has changed to #snow in Grand Forks, ND as cold air plunges south and eastward. Snow can blow and drift through the day. 4 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather RT @antan44: @breakingweather Chilly 16 F in foothills of southern Alberta, with 4 inches of snow on ground from last night. 5 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather 60-mph gust in Pueblo, Colo. as front blasts through! Temperature down to 48 from a high of 88 early Wednesday! 6 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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Quite a cold front! Temperature down to 38 in Denver after reaching 83
this afternoon! At one point dropped 18 deg. in 1 hour! 7 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Batten down the hatches! Heavy #snow to develop over E ND and NW MN tonight. Blowing snow, downed trees/powerlines possible. 8 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Oscar becomes the 15th named storm in the Atlantic Basin; no threat to land. ow.ly/ecR9f 9 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather As the snow winds down across Montana, Billings picked up 2.3 Wednesday setting a new record! Storm moves into ND, MN ow.ly/ecQni 9 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Snow! There was 5-inches of snowfall today in Fergus, Montana. 11 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather Big East Coast snowstorms are most likely during Jan-Feb this year. Details: ow.ly/ec9LJ 12 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather NYC's normal seasonal snow is 25.3" & Philly's normal is 22.6". We expect more this year. ow.ly/ec8nJ 13 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
breakingweather A weak El Nino & the record low arctic sea ice were 2 of the factors behind the AccuWeather winter forecast: ow.ly/ec7cw 15 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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