Gunflint Trail Association

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME…THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE 12 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 25 MPH COULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF THE SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A LARGE AREA SO TRAVEL MAY BE DISRUPTED WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE NORTHLAND.

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