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A breezy Saturday; best flake chance southeastern Minn.

Advisories for snow in parts of Wisconsin and Iowa

The weekend snowstorm is passing well to our southeast. Snow continues this Saturday in parts of Iowa and southern Wisconsin. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Saturday morning through Saturday evening:

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Simulated radar Saturday and Saturday evening
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Winter weather advisories continue this Saturday in the blue-shaded areas of Iowa and southern Wisconsin:

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Saturday weather advisories
National Weather Service

The Dubuque, Iowa area is in a winter storm warning.

Southeastern Minnesota could see some light snow showers at times today, with a stray flurry possible elsewhere in Minnesota.

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

Weekend temps and winds

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 28 degrees on Dec. 12. The metro area will probably top out in the lower 30s this Saturday. We’ll share the lower 30s with much of southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Highs in the 20s are expected to the north.

It’ll be breezy, with gusts of 14-21 mph in many areas:

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Saturday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Plotted values are in knots, with 16 knots equal to about 18 mph.

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:15 a.m. with details on the rest of the weekend plus a look at the week ahead.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.