Rainy Saturday night into Sunday for the Twin Cities; heavy snow north and west

After coping with icy roads much of Saturday, we’ll see mainly rain in the metro area Saturday evening into Sunday morning, with a few claps of thunder possible. Some leftover slush and icy spots will linger Saturday evening on a few roads, sidewalks and driveways.

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

The winter weather advisory for the northern part of the metro area expires at 6 p.m. this Saturday:

The ice storm warning for southwestern Minnesota has been cancelled and replaced by an advisory for a wintry mix Saturday evening and overnight.

Winter storm warnings continue in much of northern Minnesota and western Minnesota:

Snow potential

Another batch of snow spins over Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday:

Here are potential snow amounts this weekend through Monday:

Northeastern Minnesota amounts are broken into two batches:

The Twin Cities metro area could see a couple of inches of snow Monday into Monday night.

We’ll have a more detailed Updraft early Saturday evening.

Updates on the winter storm will be posted by the NWS offices in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Grand Forks, La Crosse and Sioux Falls.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will have updated road conditions. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.

You can hear updated weather information on the MPR network, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Programming note

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.