Upper Midwest buffeted by heavy spring snowstorm
MINNEAPOLIS — A storm expected to dump 10 inches of snow Tuesday in central Wisconsin and southern Minnesota was making April feel more like January.
Unrelenting snowfall was expected all day, making the commute home challenging in Minnesota’s Twin Cities and other locations.
Six to 8 inches of snow was forecast to accumulate in the metro area, where more than 180 plows worked to clear roadways, with 10 to 11 inches possible to the south in Red Wing and St. James, Minnesota. The National Weather Service says 7 inches of snow was reported in the western Minneapolis suburb of Golden Valley by late Tuesday afternoon.
Minnesota Department of Transportation spokesman Kevin Gutknecht said travel will be difficult.