Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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A wintry mix of light rain, drizzle, freezing drizzle and light snow will move across Minnesota and western Wisconsin Saturday night into early Sunday.

The best chance of freezing drizzle will be to the north, and there’s a winter weather advisory from 10 p.m. this Saturday until 10 a.m. Sunday for much of northeastern Minnesota:

Parts of northeastern Minnesota could see snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches by Sunday morning, with an inch or so in western Wisconsin and portions of southeastern Minnesota.  The Twin Cities metro area is expected to see mainly periods of light rain and drizzle overnight Saturday night, possibly mixed with some flakes at times. There could be a few flurries in the metro area early on Sunday.

 of the National Weather Service will have weather updates overnight and early Sunday.

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Our Saturday high of 46 degrees in the Twin Cities was five degrees warmer than our average Nov. 16 high temp. It was also our “warmest” high in the Twin Cities since the 56 degree reading on Oct. 26.

Highs Sunday will be in the 30s in most areas, with a  few lower 40s in southwestern Minnesota. Metro area highs reach the upper 30s.

Highs in the 40s return to the Twin Cities and the remainder of southern Minnesota on Monday:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 40s Wednesday, followed by mid 30s Thursday and Friday.

The Canadian forecast model shows some snow in northern Minnesota Wednesday into Wednesday night, with a chance of rain or a rain/snow mix in the south Wednesday PM and early Thursday:

This will be interesting to watch as we get closer to Wednesday.

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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Ron Trenda

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Parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see a wintry mix of light rain, drizzle, freezing drizzle and light snow Saturday evening into early Sunday. Sunday highs will be a bit cooler than our Saturday highs. Milder temps will return as we start next week.

Saturday night rain/wintry mix; flake chance early Sunday, with cooler temps

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