Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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Our winter snowstorm is here, and it’ll dump heavy snow this morning over much of southern Minnesota , the Twin Cities metro area and portions of western Wisconsin. You may even hear thunder at times during the most intense snow.

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

Here is an updated snow-total forecast for this storm, which includes the snow that fell in some areas overnight: 

Notice the swath of 8 to 12 inch snow amounts that is forecast across southern Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin. Travel will be slow this morning due to low visibilities and snow-covered roads.

Winter storm warnings have been expanded to include most of the Twin Cities metro area and they remain in effect for most of southern Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin:

Here’s a snowstorm discussion from the NWS:

The winter storm warning continues until noon in the Twin Cities metro area. Here’s the forecast for Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties:

The highest snow totals of 6 or 7 inches will be in the southern parts of those counties, with the lowest snow totals in the far northern parts of the three counties.. Parts of Carver, Scott and Dakota county could see snow totals of 8 to 10 inches.

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Updates on the winter storm will be posted by the NWS offices in the 

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will have reports on 

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

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.

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Our winter snowstorm is here, and it’ll give many areas 6 inches or more of snow this morning. Some spots in southern Minnesota will see double-digit snow totals. We have your winter storm update.

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Our winter snowstorm is here, and it’ll give many areas 6 inches or more of snow this morning. Some spots in southern Minnesota will see double-digit snow totals. We have your winter storm update.


Heavy snow is making Sunday morning travel difficult; updated snow forecast

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