Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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We’ll have periods of rain in much of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin this Saturday, with a wintry mix and some accumulating snow in northeastern Minnesota. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High Resolution Rapid-Refresh (HRRR) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern for Saturday and Saturday evening:

Here is the snow and wintry mix forecast for northeastern Minnesota:

A winter weather advisory continues until 4 p.m. in most of northeastern Minnesota and part of northwestern Wisconsin:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory, which includes Duluth:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR 

, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News 

Our average March 27 high temperature is 47 degrees in the Twin Cities. Metro area highs will be close to 50 degrees this Saturday. Most of Minnesota will have Saturday highs in the 40s, with some lower 50s southeast:

Highs in the 30s are expected in northeastern Minnesota.

Winds will pick up as we go through Saturday afternoon, with gusts of 15-24 mph in many areas:

Plotted gusts are in knots, with 18 knots equal to about 21 mph.

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:15 a.m. with a look at Sunday and the week ahead.

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.

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Ron Trenda

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Most of us will see periods of rain today, but a wintry mix and some accumulating snow are expected in northeastern Minnesota. We have your Saturday forecast details.

Periods of rain this Saturday; wintry mix northeastern Minn. and NW Wisc.

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