Early-Week Snowstorm to Create Messy Travel Across Upper Midwestern US

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist

November 30,2015; 11:39PM,EST

 

 

Snow and spotty ice will swing across parts of the central and northern Plains to the Upper Midwest as November ends and December begins.
The latest round of winterlike precipitation could hinder back-to-work and school activities for millions in part of the north-central United States.
The storm will bring another round of slippery travel in portions of the interstate 29, 35, 80, 90 and 94 corridors. In some areas the slippery conditions will be the result of powdery snow and in others slush.

"The storm will bring heavy snow on its northwest flank, rain to the southeast and mainly a rain/snow mix in between," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said.
There will also be a period of icy mix, but according to Anderson, "This will not be a setup for a long-lasting widespread ice storm with temperatures forecast to be too warm near the ground along much of the storm track."
As the storm rolls northeastward, it will grab lingering moisture over the Plains produce a swath of moderate to heavy snow. Where rain and sleet do not mix in, several inches of snow will accumulate.

The heaviest snow totals, 6-10 inches, are expected to focus around Minneapolis, Sioux City, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Snow from the storm early this week will overlap snow that fell around Thanksgiving Day in some areas and the previous weekend in other areas.
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The snow and icy mix swing across parts of eastern Nebraska, Iowa and southern Minnesota through Monday night.
The storm brought slippery travel from Denver to Omaha, Nebraska, with a pocket of heavy snow in eastern Minnesota spanning Sunday night into Monday.
The worst of the storm will stretch from Sioux City, Iowa, to Huron, South Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota and Minneapolis during Monday night into Tuesday.

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Most of the small amount of freezing rain and sleet associated with the storm will be north and west of the areas hardest hit by the Thanksgiving weekend ice storm.
Before moving into northwestern Ontario, the final stop for the snow in the United States will be northern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Tuesday.

Intermittent snow and flurries will linger over parts of the central and northern Plains to the Upper Midwest on Tuesday.
While the storm will bring mostly rain to Chicago and Detroit, a brief push of cold air in the wake of the storm can deliver snow showers to these cities and other areas around the Great Lakes region during the middle of this week.
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski contributed to the content of this story.