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Some Sunday a.m. light snow or flurries; mild temps

Advisory until noon in southeastern Minn.

The low pressure system that bought us a mix of freezing drizzle and snow overnight is moving away today. Moisture spinning around the back side of that system will continue to bring periods of light snow to eastern Minnesota this morning, with periods of snow in western Wisconsin and parts of northeastern Minnesota much of the day. Some areas could also see a bit of freezing drizzle at times.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern this Sunday and Sunday evening:

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

Northeastern Minnesota plus parts of southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin could see an additional inch or two of snow today. Heavier snow is expected in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

Here’s the snow outlook for northeastern Minnesota:

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Northland snow forecast
National Weather Service

A winter weather advisory continues in southeastern Minnesota until noon:

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Winter weather advisory Sunday morning SE Minn.
National Weather Service

Southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin snow reports that are posted by the NWS can be viewed here. Snow reports from northeastern Minnesota can be found here.

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

Minnesota road conditions can be found here. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.

Temperature trends

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 25 degrees on Jan. 31. Metro-area highs will creep into the lower 30s this Sunday. Southern and central Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin could also reach the lower 30s, with mainly 20s in northern Minnesota:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Sunday winds will be fairly light in much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with gusts of 11 mph or less:

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Sunday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Higher gusts are expected in western Minnesota and far northeastern Minnesota.

Plotted wind gusts are in knots, with 8 knots equal to about 9 mph and 14 knots equal to 16 mph.

This blog will be updated around 10:15 a.m. with 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.