A winter storm dumped snow and ice on a portion of the Midwest while bringing strong winds and severe cold to millions of Americans in a region bracing for winter weather this week.
While much of the wintry mix had tapered off by Friday morning, slippery roads were expected to complicate road conditions in several Midwest states. The National Weather Service said in its Friday morning forecast that a storm heading southeast from Canada was forecast to weaken along the lower Great Lakes “with lingering periods of snow across much of the region.”
A general 1-3 inches of dry, fluffy snow was expected to fall across southern North Dakota and much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, according to Accuweather . However, higher totals were predicted for some parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions.
A region from eastern North Dakota to central Minnesota was in a zone susceptible to larger snowflakes that have the potential to pile up in a hurry. And both Minneapolis and Fargo, North Dakota, may have ended up with a half-foot of snow, Accuweather said.