Winter Weather — Southern Lake, Minnesota

2022-12-16 · Southern Lake, Minnesota

Event narrative

Snow Squall. Visibilities quickly dropped to around 1/4 mile or less as the squall passed through the area.

Wider weather episode

Snow squalls impacted portions of the North Shore through the I-35 corridor in northeast Minnesota on December 16, 2022. A slow moving low pressure system was in place across eastern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Low level instability and moisture supported cellular snow squall development from the late morning through the early evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074094. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.