Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Heads up southwest Minnesota. A light wintry mix may create some slick roads overnight into Wednesday.

A weak low-pressure system will clip southwest Minnesota overnight. The low will generate a light wintry mix of ice and snow. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km resolution model paints bands of mixed precipitation into southwest Minnesota overnight.

Overall snowfall accumulations look light. Most locations will pick up a dusting to less than 2 inches of snow. Mixed ice may produce slick road conditions. 

Have you noticed the ice build-up on trees in the mornings lately. That’s the result of freezing fog late at night that deposits ice on surfaces. 

Expect more of that Wednesday morning across much of eastern Minnesota.

is in effect north and east of the Twin Cities through 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Highs Wednesday will run into the 30s again across most of Minnesota. 

The average high and low for the Twin Cities Wednesday are 23 and 7 degrees. Right now I still don't see any big snow chances for Minnesota on the horizon.

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Paul Huttner

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A light wintry mix clips southwest Minnesota into Wednesday morning.

NOAA NAM 3 km model overnight into Wednesday

NOAA via tropical tidbits

NWS Sioux Falls

Forecast weather conditions for 7 am Wednesday

Dense freezing fog at night, wintry mix southwest

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