Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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If you have some travel planned on Wednesday, you might want to get it done early.

A storm system will spread snow into Minnesota, with heavy snow possible in much of western and central Minnesota Wednesday evening into Thursday, followed by lighter snow and strong winds.

A winter storm warning begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday in much of western and central Minnesota, and continues into Friday:

Here are details of the winter storm warning for west-central through central Minnesota:

A winter storm watch includes Wright, Sherburne and Isanti county from Wednesday evening through Thursday night.

The winter storm warnings and watches do not include the 7-county Twin Cities metro area. The metro area could see some snow move in during Wednesday afternoon, with snow likely Wednesday evening. The snow is expected to change to rain in the metro area overnight Wednesday night, and rain is likely on Thursday. Rain Thursday evening changes to snow at some point Thursday night, with snow into early Friday. Snow accumulations in the metro area will depend how long our precipitation stays in the form of snow, but general snow totals in the 2 to 5 inch range are expected in the metro area, with some higher totals possible on the northwest side of the metro. There could be some freezing rain at times Thursday night.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Wednesday through Friday:

The color chart to the right of the loop refers to the strength of the signal that returns to the radar, not to the amount of snow and rain.

As always, updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio 

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Ron Trenda

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If you have some travel planned on Wednesday, you might want to get it done early. A storm system will spread snow into Minnesota, with heavy snow possible in much of western and central Minnesota Wednesday evening into Thursday, followed by lighter snow and strong winds. A winter storm warning begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday…

Winter storm warnings begin Wednesday evening in western and central Minnesota; snowstorm into early Friday for some

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