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

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Areas of fog have developed in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A dense fog advisory continues until 9 a.m. today in portions of western Minnesota:

Here are details of the Morris and Alexandria portion of the dense fog advisory:

Highs today reach the lower 40s in the Twin Cities metro area and much of southern Minnesota, with mainly 30s elsewhere:

Saturday afternoon wind chills are in the 20s in most spots, with some teens in northeastern Minnesota:

If you have outdoor plans this weekend, you’ll be happy to know that there’s still plenty of snow on the ground across most of Minnesota. Here’s the latest 

, courtesy of the Minnesota State Climatology Office and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources:

Most areas have seen their snow cover shrink a bit in the past week, but much of northern Minnesota still has 18 inches or more of snow cover, and parts of northeastern Minnesota have more than 30 inches of snow on the ground. Portions of southern Minnesota have 8 to 12 inches of snow cover, while other parts of southern Minnesota have 4 to 8 inches. The official Twin Cities snow depth was 4 inches Friday morning.

Cross-country skiers, sledders, snowboarders and snowmobilers across much of Minnesota still have adequate snow cover for outdoor fun.

An updated Updraft with details about the remainder of this weekend and the coming week will be posted by 9:30 this morning.

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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Ron Trenda

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Some of us will be dealing with fog Saturday morning, and a dense fog advisory continues until 9 a.m. Saturday in parts of western Minnesota. We have your Saturday forecast, and an update on Minnesota snow depths.

Areas of morning fog, then mild afternoon temps

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