Upper Midwest Snow; Additional Heavy Rain/Snow Out West – National Weather Outlook For March 9, 2023

by | Mar 9, 2023 | Weather

National Weather Forecast

A messy Thursday is expected across much of the nation, as we watch snow across the northern tier of states and into the western United States. Heavy rain will be possible at lower elevations in California and across the Southern Plains and Deep South. A few of those storms in the southern U.S. could be strong. The driest weather will be in the Four Corners region and in parts of the Eastern United States.

Through the end of the week, we will track heavy rain across the West Coast and in portions of the Southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley, where 3”+ tallies are expected. While 6”+ of snow will be possible in the upper Midwest, feet of snow will fall in the western mountains.

As an area of low-pressure slides across the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley during the second half of the week, we will be watching the potential of heavy snow at times from Wednesday Night across the Dakotas to the Great Lakes by Thursday Night. At times, particularly across southern Minnesota, northern Iowa, and southern Wisconsin late Thursday into Thursday night, snowfall rates up to 1” per hour will be possible. The heaviest area of snow with this system is expected to fall across parts of northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and southern Wisconsin, where tallies of 6-10” will be possible – this includes Rochester (MN), Waterloo (IA), Madison and Milwaukee (WI). This is also the area that has the highest potential of 1” per hour snowfall rates into Thursday Night. Tallies of 3-6” will be possible for areas like Sioux Falls, the Twin Cities, and Detroit. This snow will impact several rush hour commute periods over the next few days across the region.

Forecast loop from 5 AM PST Thursday to 5 PM PST Saturday.

Meanwhile, we will see another strong system move into the western United States Thursday into Friday, producing heavy rain across California and Nevada with heavy snow in the mountains. That is when the heaviest precipitation is expected across the region. However, precipitation will linger as we head into the weekend. Another system looks to then impact the region early next week. With widespread rain expected in the western United States through the weekend, rainfall tallies of up to 7” in some locations (especially in coastal areas, the foothills, and the mountains) will be possible through Saturday morning.

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A warm February wrapped up a warm winter for U.S.

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