Heavy snow and difficult travel expected again, heaviest snow in southern Minnesota

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Here's a morning weather briefing on the winter storm.

Snow will spread through southern Minnesota this Saturday morning, and the snow will expand northward into the Twin Cities metro area during the afternoon. The metro area and southern Minnesota could also see some patchy freezing drizzle this morning.  Snow continues this evening and tonight in much of the southern half of Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from this Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon:

Here's the NWS summary of expected snowfall:

The Twin Cities metro area will ride the northern edge of the heaviest snow.  The far south metro could end up with 4 to 6 inches of snow, while the far north metro only sees a couple of inches. It looks like Minneapolis and St. Paul will be in the mid-range of metro snowfall, with 2 to 4 inch totals by later tonight.  Check forecast updates.

Winter storm warnings are in effect across most of southern Minnesota today through noon on Sunday:

Winter weather advisories include most the Twin Cities metro area from noon today through noon on Sunday:

Here are details of the winter storm warning in south-central Minnesota:

You can check details of other warnings and advisories from the NWS offices in the 

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Here’s a morning weather briefing on the winter storm. Snow will spread through southern Minnesota this Saturday morning, and the snow will expand northward into the Twin Cities metro area during the afternoon. The metro area and southern Minnesota could also see some patchy freezing drizzle this morning.  Snow continues this evening and tonight in…

Heavy snow for southern Minnesota today and tonight; metro area totals from 2″ to 5″ this afternoon into tonight

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