No, I'm not making this up. Better plan accordingly if you're intending to drive to the Arrowhead region on Thursday in advance of the fishing opener this weekend:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Duluth MN
227 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019
...May Snow Arrives Tonight...
.A large system will cross Wisconsin tonight into Thursday bringing snowfall to northwest Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota. Due to the system arriving overnight, the warm May sun will not play much of a role in impeding snowfall accumulations; therefore, expect snowfall to rapidly accumulate during the overnight hours.
There will be a rain/snow line across northwest Wisconsin where areas southeast of that line will only see rain and northwest of that line will see significant snowfall accumulations.
MNZ012-020-021-037-WIZ001-002-090730-
/O.UPG.KDLH.WW.Y.0023.190509T0000Z-190509T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KDLH.WS.W.0010.190509T0000Z-190509T1500Z/
Northern Cook and Lake-Southern Lake-Southern Cook-
Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas-Bayfield-
Including the cities of Isabella, Two Harbors, Silver Bay,
Grand Marais, Duluth, Superior, Washburn, and Bayfield
227 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches, except 6 to 10 inches along the higher terrain surrounding Lake Superior.
* WHERE...In Wisconsin, Douglas and Bayfield Counties. In
Minnesota, Northern Cook and Lake, Southern Lake, Southern Cook and Carlton and South St. Louis Counties.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Thursday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult. The
hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. There may be power outages due to the wet and heavy nature of the snow.

Yikes. On the bright side, this will probably ensure little bug action for my upcoming trip!

In canal park Duluth right now and it's a blizzard out there.

Gopher02: "In canal park Duluth right now and it's a blizzard out there. "

Ditto in Kenwood.

i was in ely, bad knee and all, i got the hell out of there. waiting for nicer weather, now that i am retired.

Some downed trees and limbs should spice up the portages.

old_salt: "Some downed trees and limbs should spice up the portages."

That risk was overstated in the announcement, IMO. We barely have buds up here in the Arrowhead, much less any leaf cover that would make a difference.

gravelroad: "

old_salt: "Some downed trees and limbs should spice up the portages."

That risk was overstated in the announcement, IMO. We barely have buds up here in the Arrowhead, much less any leaf cover that would make a difference."

Agreed. Better yet, I’m in Ely now and yes, there is some snow flurries. Gonna take a lot more than that to stop the fisherman!

gravelroad: "

old_salt: "Some downed trees and limbs should spice up the portages."

That risk was overstated in the announcement, IMO. We barely have buds up here in the Arrowhead, much less any leaf cover that would make a difference."

Well, I wuz wrong. NWS Duluth has just under 10 inches on the ground and some folks have indeed lost power:

Thousands affected by power outages in the Northland