Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Get ready, central and northeastern Minnesota. It’s your turn for snow again. Our next October storm brings snow and a wintry mix to Minnesota Thursday. 

 are posted for a long swath of central and northeast Minnesota.

Snowfall develops in western Minnesota overnight. By 7 a.m. the snowy swath reaches into central Minnesota. By lunchtime, it’s snowing around Duluth. A wintry mix is possible in the Twin Cities, but the trend is for mostly rain in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota by Thursday afternoon.

Here’s the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GFS model solution.

This storm has the ingredients to produce a swath of between 5 and 9 inches across parts of western and central Minnesota. 

The Twin Cities will approach 40 degrees Thursday afternoon. if you’re wondering where the warm air is, it’s less than a day’s drive south. Highs will reach the 70s and 80s in Iowa and Missouri Thursday.

Get ready for another fall snowstorm across most of central and northeastern Minnesota Thursday. The Twin Cities and southern Minnesota will likely see a light wintry mix in the morning, trending toward rain showers in the afternoon.

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Paul Huttner

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By 7 a.m. Thursday, the snowy swath reaches into central Minnesota. By lunchtime, it’s snowing around Duluth. A wintry mix is possible in the Twin Cities, but the trend is for mostly rain in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota by afternoon.

Winter storm warning: 9 inches possible for central Minnesota

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