WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY, TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING

TODAY:   ICE ACCUMULATION AND FREEZING RAIN EAST AND SOUTH … SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WEST AND NORTH.   TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.   SLOWLY AND STEADILY FALLING TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH HEAVY, WET, SLUSHY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.   WIND: NORTHWEST 20 TO 35, GUSTING TO 40 MPH.  ICE ACCUMULATION OF MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE.  THEN 1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW, LOCALIZED UP TO 8 INCHES IN A BAND FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTHWEST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

TONIGHT:  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.   LOW 10 ABOVE WEST AND NORTH, 20 EAST AND SOUTH.   WIND: NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH

FRIDAY:  SNOW TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE MORNING, THEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON.   HIGH: 20S.   WINDY:  NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.

SATURDAY MORNING:  CLEAR AND COLD.   LOW 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

SATURDAY:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY.   HIGH: 30 TO 35.  SOUTHEAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY:  UNSETTLED WITH LIGHT RAIN DAYTIME, PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW NIGHT TIME.   LOWS: 20S.  HIGHS: IN THE 40S TO NEAR OR IN THE LOW 50S.