GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — In life, it's said, timing is everything. And with an army of Minnesotans hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday, the arrival of a significant winter storm system is poor timing indeed.

KARE 11 has issued a Weather Impact Alert from now through noon Wednesday as the system moves in from the west, bringing the potential of a half foot or more of snow in central parts of Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. The National Weather Service (NWS) has upped potential snow totals, issuing a Winter Storm Warning from 3 p.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Rain will pick up Tuesday afternoon and quickly turn over to snow starting in western Minnesota during the early afternoon hours, extending east into the Twin Cities metro just after the evening rush hour. The highest tot

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