Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Get ready for one more warm front this week Minnesota.

Our week has started out seasonably cool across Minnesota Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures in the 30s north and low 40s south are close to average for mid-November. 

The jet stream is riding right above Minnesota. Note the strong temperature contrast from north to south Monday afternoon. Drive six hours north of the Twin Cities and temperatures barely hover above 20 degrees. Drive six hours south and temperatures are in the balmy 60s in places like Kansas City. 

The jet stream core will lift north of Minnesota once again by Wednesday. That puts Minnesota on the milder south side of the jet, and pushes in a milder Pacific air mass.

Highs Wednesday and Thursday will rise well into the 50s across southern Minnesota, with 40s more common up north.

Monday’s snow depth map shows the footprint from last week’s snowstorm running from southwest through northeast Minnesota. Snow cover is patchy across much of Minnesota. But snow cover is deeper in northeast Minnesota with up to 8 inches in Duluth and Cloquet.

Temperatures in the 50s Wednesday and Thursday should erase most of the snow cover across southern Minnesota. Highs in the 40s up north will trim snow depth some, but there will still be plenty of snow on the ground by this weekend in northeast Minnesota.

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Paul Huttner

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A warm front will boost temperatures into the 50s one more time for southern Minnesota.

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Upper air forecast map for 6 pm November 18

Mid-week warm front ahead: 50s and melting snow again

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