Winter Storm Watch Thursday

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the North Shore. As of now the most favored area to see this banding of higher snowfall extends from southern Aitkin County northeast into the Twin Ports and higher elevation of the North Shore, as well as parts of far Northern Wisconsin near the South Shore that could even see some slight lake enhancement due to breezy northerly winds off Lake Superior. Forecast snowfall amounts in this higher snow band have risen into the 2-6″ range, though some model guidance does push accumulations even higher well into Winter Storm Warning range, though confidence in these higher amounts occurring remain low. Outside of the higher snow band, snowfall accumulations are forecast to be more in the 1-3″ range, with amounts quickly falling off into parts of central and north- central MN.