Storm Summary Number 2 for Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Heavy
Snow and High Winds
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

...Heavy snow and high winds continue across the Upper Midwest and
Great Lakes today...

Blizzard Warnings are in effect for parts of northern Wisconsin
and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories extend from
eastern Minnesota into the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Wind Advisories are in effect for portions of the Upper Midwest,
Ohio Valley, and Interior Northeast.

Lake Effect Snow Warnings are in effect for downwind areas of Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 AM CST...A strong storm system with a 992 mb (29.29 in Hg)
minimum central pressure continued a northeastward track from the
Upper Midwest into the western Great Lakes. The strong pressure
gradient around this low pressure system was producing strong
winds across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, with
widespread wind gusts of 30-40 mph noted. Recent radar moasic
imagery showed moderate to heavy snow falling across parts of the
Upper Midwest and western Great Lakes along the northwest flank of
the storm center.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 AM
CST Tue Nov 25 through 800 AM CST Wed Nov 26...

...MINNESOTA...
NWS DULUTH                           10.3                    
DUQUETTE                             10.0                    
CAMP RIPLEY                           9.5                    
ROTHSAY                               7.0                    
PELICAN RAPIDS                        6.3                    
CHOKIO 1 W                            6.0                    
ARTICHOKE 2 ESE                       5.2                    
BAXTER                                5.0                    
GARFIELD 2 SW                         5.0                    
MSP AIRPT                             3.1                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
ELLENDALE 7.3 NW                      8.5                    
LAMOURE                               8.0                    
EDGELEY 5 NW                          6.7                    
KILLDEER                              6.1                    
FARGO 2 S                             5.8                    
MINOT                                 5.5                    
WATFORD CITY 1 NNW                    5.5                    
BISMARCK 3 SSE                        4.7                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
VICTOR 4 N                            8.0                    
FREDERICK                             7.0                    
HECLA                                 7.0                    
SUNSET COLONY 4 WSW                   6.0                    
WEBSTER                               6.0                    
EUREKA                                5.0                    
ABERDEEN RGNL ARPT                    4.5                    

...WISCONSIN...
HAWTHORNE                            14.0                    
BAYFIELD                             10.6                    
CLAM LAKE 3 WNW                      10.5                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...IOWA...
SIOUX CITY                             67                    
DENISON                                59                    
CARROLL                                55                    

...MINNESOTA...
FLORENCE                               65                    
DAWSON                                 60                    
TRACY                                  59                    
MARSHALL                               54                    

...NEBRASKA...
SPENCER 3 SE                           72                    
VALENTINE 1 NNE                        72                    
BROKEN BOW                             62                    
GRAND ISLAND                           59                    
LINCOLN 3 E                            58                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MIDLAND 1 NE                           78                    
WASTA 3 NW                             78                    
CACTUS FLAT 4 E                        76                    
OTTUMWA 10 W                           75                    
MUD BUTTE 1 ENE                        74                    
FREDERICK                              69                    
NEWELL 13 NE                           69                    
RAPID CITY                             68                    
WINNER                                 67                    
RELIANCE                               66                    
ABERDEEN                               60                    
PIERRE                                 58                    


The strong low pressure system will track northeastward into
Ontario today, maintaining the threat of heavy blowing snowfall.
The heaviest snow with this system will fall across the Minnesota
Arrowhead, far northern Wisconsin, and especially western portions
of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where totals of 1 to 2 feet are
forecast. As the system pulls away later today into Thursday,
bands of lake effect snow will ramp up downwind of the Great Lakes
through the end of the week.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Asherman