National Weather Service

A large winter storm is expected to bring snow, ice and rain to parts of the Midwest this weekend. The storm could still shift but at the moment Western and Northern Minnesota have the highest chance of heavy snow.

A Winter Storm Warning has been expanded to cover most of central Minnesota along with all of southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

The radar showed a sky fit for the spooky holiday - take a look!

A major winter storm is expected to impact the Dakotas starting Wednesday night.

Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind are all possible late Tuesday afternoon and evening across much of the area.

The final details will differ, but a widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected over the next week. Most of this is expected during the work week next week.

Areas of showers across southwest Minnesota Thursday morning should dissipate by early afternoon, with scattered thunderstorms expected to develop Thursday evening.

A few rounds of showers and thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Wednesday night. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and isolated tornadoes are possible. Locally excessive rainfall is also a concern.

Parts of SE Minnesota may be facing minor flooding problems Wednesday night or Thursday.

A beautiful sunrise Saturday was followed by news that the threat of a significant snow storm for Rochester and other parts of SE Minnesota has been greatly diminished.