Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our wet start Tuesday gave way to several dry hours surrounding midday. But the storm system is moving closer to Minnesota, and the next rain wave is moving north. 

NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model shows the next rain wave spinning north through the evening. 

Forecast models suggest rainfall totals will reach an inch in many locations across eastern Minnesota by late Wednesday. 

This system will draw in just enough sub-freezing air to change rain to snow in parts of central and northern Minnesota Tuesday night into Wednesday. NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model picks up on that trend. 

An inch or two of slush may accumulate from Alexandria into Brainerd. But some locations from near Grand Rapids through the Iron Range to near Ely and the BWCA could see 2 to 5 inches of wet snow by later Wednesday. 

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Paul Huttner

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More rain is on the way. The steadiest, heaviest rains favor late afternoon through evening hours.

NOAA NAM 3 km model through Tuesday evening

NOAA via tropical tidbits

European model (ECMWF) precipitation output

Nowcast: Next rain wave moving north; steadier, heavier rain through evening

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