winter weather

The warnings also extend to surrounding states. Some areas could experience up to a foot of snow and winds gusting as high as 65 mph.

Travel should be restricted to emergencies only in these areas, which also include portions of Iowa.

IMPORTANT MEMO TO EVERYONE IN MINNESOTA: Before you get in the car and drive down the road, watch this horrific video about driving in winter weather.

Read these tips now and hear me later!

It will take you less than a minute and could save you thousands of dollars!

With the changing seasons, I'm already starting to see those posts on social media claiming a caterpillar can tell us what to expect this winter in terms of weather. I hate to burst your bubble, but it's an old wives' tale.

Last winter was a record setting winter for snow and a difficult spring for hot holes in the City of St. Cloud. St. Cloud Public Services Director Tracy Hodel indicated last winter they had a lot of overtime costs and pretreatment chemical costs.

We've had a stretch of warmer than normal temperatures in Central Minnesota recently but that is not the case in Alaska. There is a reason for this according to Meteorologist Megan Mulford from the National Weather Service in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Most of the Midwest could experience warmer than normal winters.

The pending system is still giving forecasters fits as they are still unsure where the system will set up as it crosses Minnesota.