Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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A mix of rain and snow is expected to spread across much of central and southern Minnesota this Sunday evening, with snow spreading over northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. There could be a bit of light freezing rain in the mix at times. Northern Minnesota will have snow this evening and overnight into early Monday. Southeastern Minnesota should have mostly rain from this storm.

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

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 or rain.

Central and southern parts of the Twin Cities metro area could see a light coating of snow that washes away when the mix changes to rain overnight. A rain/snow mix lingers longer in parts of the north metro, so a little accumulation is possible there…probably one-half inch or less.

The highest snow totals this Sunday evening into Monday morning will be over north-central and northeastern Minnesota:

The heavy snow, plus blowing snow and reduced visibilities will make travel difficult in those areas.

Substantial snow is also expected in northwestern Minnesota:

Winter storm warnings begin at 8 p.m. this Sunday in north-central and northeastern Minnesota:

Details of the portion of the warning that includes Duluth, Hibbing and International Falls:

Bordering the warning area, there's a winter weather advisory that begins at 6 p.m. this Sunday:

A winter weather advisory also begins at 6 p.m. this Sunday in much of northwestern Minnesota:

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

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

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Sunday afternoon highs are expected to be in the 20s across the northern third of Minnesota, with 30s in central and southern Minnesota.

On Monday, lower 40s return to the south, with 30s elsewhere:

The metro area could be near 30 early Tuesday morning, with slowly falling temps through the day.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach around 20 on Wednesday, followed by 30 on Thursday and lower 30s on Friday.

Our average Twin Cities metro area high temp is 23 degrees this time of year.

You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:49 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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The latest computer model info is in. A mix of rain and snow is expected to spread across much of central and southern Minnesota this Sunday evening, with snow spreading over northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. There could be a bit of light freezing rain in the mix at times. Northern Minnesota will have snow…

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