Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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A low pressure system is still delivering snow this Sunday to much of the northern third of Minnesota, plus west-central Minnesota. That low pressure system will weaken Sunday night into Monday as a low pressure system over the western Great Lakes strengthens and spins snow back over us.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Sunday afternoon through Monday evening:

Green indicates rain, while blue is snow and pink/purple is a wintry mix in the loop.

A dense fog advisory continues until 1 p.m. this Sunday afternoon in the Twin Cities metro area and areas to the west and into south-central Minnesota:

Check updates to see if the advisory has to be extended.

Blizzard warning and winter storm warnings

A blizzard warning continues through Sunday and the overnight hours of Sunday night for several counties along the Red River:

Here are blizzard warning details from the Grand Forks office of the National Weather Service:

Winter storm warnings continue elsewhere in northwestern and north-central Minnesota.

Winter storm warnings also continue in parts of northeastern Minnesota Sunday afternoon:

The winter storm watch from Hinckley into northwestern Wisconsin is for Monday and Monday evening. The winter weather advisory in central Minnesota begins Sunday evening.  Check updates.

Here are details of the Lakeshore flood warning in the Duluth area through Sunday afternoon:

Here are Sunday through Sunday night snow forecasts for northwestern Minnesota:

Parts of northeastern Minnesota will see several inches of additional snow, with highest amounts near the tip of the arrowhead:

Duluth will see a wintry mix and very strong winds, gusting over 50 mph at times this Sunday.

We could see a wintry mix and some snow in the Twin Cities metro area after midnight Sunday night, with accumulating snow Monday and Monday night. Our snow amounts in Minnesota and Wisconsin could look like this Monday and Monday night:

A winter weather advisory starts in the metro area at midnight Sunday night and runs until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

I’d say that the Twin Cities metro area has the potential for 3 to 5 inches of snow Monday into Monday night.

Northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin snow amounts Monday and Monday night could look like this:

Updates on the winter storm will be posted by the NWS offices in the 

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will have updated 

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

You can hear updated weather information on the MPR 

, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News 

. Just hover over any location on the map at that link to get the location and time of the snow measurement. Move the slider in the upper left corner of the linked map to “48 hours” to include reports from earlier in the weekend. 

Sunday highs are expected to range from the 20s in northwestern Minnesota to the 40s in the southeast plus portions of west-central Wisconsin.

Highs will probably occur early Monday, and temps are expected to slowly fall Monday afternoon.

Tuesday highs will be mainly in the 20s, with teens northwest:

We start the New Year with highs in the 20s and 30s:

Despite a nine-day stretch of chilly weather in the middle of December 2019, the average temperature (average of all the high temps and low temps) is running 2.5 degrees warmer than normal at MSP airport this month.

Here are the stats,  with the “dep” column showing the departure from normal for each day:

Today (Sunday) will be our 11th consecutive warmer than normal day in the Twin Cities.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Much of northwestern Minnesota is getting hit with several inches of snow this Sunday, and blizzard warnings continue for several counties along the Red River. It’s fog, rain showers and drizzle for the Twin Cities metro area. We’ll see snow on Monday in the metro area and much of eastern Minnesota into Wisconsin. Details on how much snow is expected and the timing of the snow.

Sunday blizzard warning NW Minn., fog and rain shower chance in Twin Cities; Monday snow

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