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Wintry Mix Pelting Upper Midwest and New England Wintry Mix Pelting Upper Midwest and New England
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An extended storm that has already dumped one foot of snow on parts of Minnesota and more than a foot on the eastern Dakotas was continuing on Monday to bring precipitation, wind and hazardous travel conditions to the upper Midwest. A snowstorm that created blizzard-like conditions in parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas over the weekend, contributing to hundreds of traffic crashes and closing parts of interstate highways, lingered over the region on Monday and also extended across the Northeast and into New England.
A freezing drizzle was falling on the Twin Cities early Monday and was expected to turn to snow, with a possible accumulation of a half-foot, according to the National Weather Service. About 800 snowplows were deployed across Minnesota, Anne Meyer of the state’s Department of Transportation said. The storm dumped about one foot of wet and heavy snow on the state over the weekend and was expected to drop another six inches on Monday, the National Weather Service said.
That same storm was also forecast to bring heavy snow and icing to portions of the Northeast and New England through Tuesday morning. Much of New England is already under an ice storm warning, or a winter storm warning or advisory. That same storm continued its trek across the Northeast and New England, with rain and freezing conditions expected to last through Tuesday morning. Much of New England remained under an ice storm warning, or a winter storm warning or advisory.
Half an inch of ice, or more, is possible in some of the higher terrain of eastern New York, Vermont and western Massachusetts, the National Weather Service said, while heavy snow is also expected across swaths of upstate New York and northern New England. Accumulations of more than half a foot is possible. As much as a quarter of an inch of ice was possible in some of the higher terrain of eastern New York, Vermont and western Massachusetts, the National Weather Service said, while heavy snow was expected across swaths of upstate New York and northern New England. Totals of more than half a foot were possible.
In three counties in western Massachusetts, state courthouses were delayed one hour in opening, and the State Police reduced the speed limit to 40 miles per hour on the Massachusetts Turnpike, on its most western leg up to the New York border. Additionally, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning Monday afternoon for parts of western and central Massachusetts, warning of hail.
The National Weather Service warned commuters about “slippery road conditions” across Massachusetts along with portions of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation reported that roads across the north, west and central parts of the state were wet, slushy, snowy and icy.
Airports were operating normally, and there were no major power outages reported in New England or the upper Midwest on Monday morning. In three counties in western Massachusetts, state courthouses were delayed one hour in opening on Monday, and the State Police reduced the speed limit to 40 miles per hour on the Massachusetts Turnpike, on its most western leg up to the New York border.
There were few flight delays on Monday, and as of 5 p.m., about 46,000 customers were without electricity in some of Michigan’s northern counties.
A wind advisory, issued by the National Weather Service, was in effect through Monday evening in portions of Michigan. “Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,” it read.