Cold air, wintry winds and even the first snow of the season will sweep from Montana to Minnesota during the middle of the week. The first big blast of arctic air will arrive in the Canada Prairies and Rockies during the first part of the week and then cross the border into Montana and the Dakotas at midweek, accompanied by gusty winds and even the first snow of the season for many areas.According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, "Rain showers will become mixed with and change to snow moving southward along the Alberta foothills Tuesday and Tuesday night, where a few centimeters of snow can accumulate."
Tuesday night into Wednesday, the cold push and snow will arrive in Montana.
"Great Falls and Billings can pick up a couple of inches of snow," Sosnowski said, "This will be the first snow of the season for some areas away from the high country."
The cold push and rain changing to snow will then reach eastward over portions of the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota spanning Wednesday and Thursday. A swath of accumulating snow, averaging an inch or two will redevelop over parts of central and eastern North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota and neighboring portions of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.
So folks take it from Alex; So snow - ski !
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