FIRST ALERT: Winter weather on Wednesday evening! [Video]

FIRST ALERT WEDNESDAY EVENING – THURSDAY:As of Wednesday afternoon, scattered snow showers started lifting into our region. That snow will become heavier over the next few hours across our region, especially in western MN. This will mean low visibility in some spots, so if you have to travel, give yourself extra time on the roads. That heavier snow will last in east ND until 10PM and northwest MN until 1 AM. Thereafter, any leftover snow showers will still linger until 7AM, when they lift back into Canada. By that time, snow totals will be 1-2″ in eastern ND, 2-3″ in the Red River Valley and 3+” in northwest MN. Areas in Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater and Hubbard counties may even see up to 5″. Around the same time the snow dies down, strong west-northwesterly winds pick up, gusting above 30 mph. Those wind gusts will last well into Thursday morning and afternoon, and …