ACUS43 KWBC 031442 SCCNS3 Storm Summary Number 2 for Early April Midwest Winter Storm NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1000 AM CDT Fri Apr 03 2026 ...The first of two late-season winter storms is winding down across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes as a second system looms... Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for portions of the northern Plains and Great Lakes. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for the southeastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and northern Minnesota. Ice Storm Warnings are in effect for northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings and advisories, please see www.weather.gov At 900 AM CDT...GOES-19 satellite imagery and surface analysis this morning depict the first low pressure system, centered at 1004 mb, departing northern Lake Michigan and tracking towards the northeast. This system is in the process of exiting the Upper Midwest, with its associated cold front now dragging across the central Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. NWS Doppler radar shows a final band of light to moderate precipitation across the central and eastern Upper Peninsula, while light snow and freezing drizzle linger across northern Minnesota. ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the event has ended... ...MINNESOTA... THIEF RIVER FALLS 8.0 FINLAND 3 SE 7.9 LIBBY 5 SSE 7.8 FOND DU LAC 2 NNE 7.7 DUQETTE 3 NW 7.4 HOLYOKE 3 ENE 7.3 DAYS HIGH LANDING 7.0 JACOBSON 2 E 7.0 LESTER PARK 3 N 6.7 COHASSET 5 NE 6.6 COLERAINE 3 SSE 6.5 PARK RAPIDS 6.5 COLERAINE 6.4 CLOQUET 2 NE 6.3 LIBBY 3 ESE 6.3 DULUTH 2 ESE 6.2 SILICA 2 WSW 6.2 COPPPER MOUNTAIN 1 SSW 6.0 RICHMOND 0.1 S 5.0 HACKENSACK 7 WNW 3.2 MCGRATH 4.3 SE 3.0 COHASSET 7.4 S 2.9 BRAINERD 11.5 E 2.5 DULUTH 7.9 SW 2.5 ...NORTH DAKOTA... GRAND FORKS 3 SSE 4.5 GRAND FORKS 1 NNW 4.0 YPSILTANI 4.0 FARGO 2 S 3.5 WEST FARGO 3.5 ...SOUTH DAKOTA... ELM SPRINGS 5 ESE 5.0 ROSCOE 1 W 4.7 LEMMON 4.5 SORUM 9 SSE 4.0 WESSINGTON 2 SSE 3.5 ...WISCONSIN... MAPLE 1 WSW 5.9 MAPLE 1 ENE 5.3 HAWTHORNE 1 SSE 4.9 BRULE 4.4 SOLON SPRINGS 4.3 SOLON SPRINGS 1 W 4.2 SUPERIOR 7 E 4.2 MOQUAH 2 N 4.0 RED CLIFF 4 WNW 4.0 CORNUCOPIA 3 S 3.5 ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet amounts in inches where the event has ended... ...WISCONSIN... CONOVER 6 NW 1.00 SPREAD EAGLE 1 NNW 1.00 WAUSAU 1 SSE 0.70 RHINELANDER 1 S 0.60 ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in inches where the event has ended... ...MICHIGAN... ELMIRA 5 ENE 0.28 GAYLORD 1 SSW 0.28 CATHRO 6 S 0.21 ...WISCONSIN... KNOWLTON 7 E 0.50 POLONIA 2 SE 0.50 PLOVER 1 SSW 0.40 NEW LONDON 3 NNE 0.36 PALONIA 2 NE 0.31 SHERIDAN 3 S 0.31 WAUTOMA 1 SW 0.31 DORCHESTER 2 N 0.30 WAUTOMA 0.30 ELMIRA 5 ENE 0.28 CLINTONSVILLE 0.25 HOWARD 2 W 0.25 LITTLE CHUTE 1 NW 0.25 ONEIDA 3 S 0.25 PITTSVILLE 1 S 0.25 SHAWANO 0.25 Precipitation from this initial system is expected to taper off from southwest to northeast through early afternoon as the surface low enters eastern Ontario and western Quebec. However, this break and weather will be brief. A second, stronger low pressure system is already developing over the central Rockies and is expected to eject into the southern Plains before precipitation overspreads across the northern Plains and Midwest later today. This will be the last Storm Summary issued by the Weather Prediction Center for this event. Please refer to your local National Weather service office for additional information. Eovino $$