Winter weather advisory southeast MN starts at midnight

The La Crosse, Wisconsin office of the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from midnight tonight to noon Sunday for southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin:

Snow overnight and Sunday morning will reduce visibilities and make roads slippery.

Here are more details, from the NWS:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI

239 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

...SNOW TONIGHT...SLICK TRAVEL BY SUNDAY MORNING...

.MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINTER TRAVEL AS 1 TO 4 INCHES OF

SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK

OF THE SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS

ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

WHILE MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY

SURFACES...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED FOR THOSE VENTURING

OUT...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

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HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-

BUFFALO-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESCO...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...

NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...WINONA...PRESTON...CALEDONIA...ALMA

239 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

NOON CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT

TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY.

* EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND

NOON SUNDAY.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON

SUNDAY.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING

FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.

Here is a look at possible snow amounts, from the NWS office in La Crosse:

The Twin Cities area will also see some periods of snow  later tonight and Sunday morning, with an inch or so possible.