Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It can snow in late March. It sometimes snows in April.  We’re expecting periods of rain in the Twin Cities metro area and much of central and southern Minnesota this afternoon, but northeastern Minnesota is getting a wintry mix of snow and light freezing rain.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern for Saturday afternoon 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 

Snow reports for northeastern Minnesota will be posted by the NWS 

Northeastern Minnesota will see Saturday highs in the 30s, with mainly 40s across the rest of Minnesota. There could be a few lower 50s in southeastern Minnesota.

Sunday highs reach the 50s south, with 40s to the north:

Sunday afternoon wind gusts are expected to be in the 12-18 mph range in most areas:

Plotted gusts are in knots, with 15 knots equal to about 17 mph. Gusts could top 20 mph in parts of southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin on Sunday. 

Back to temperatures, Monday highs will reach 70 degrees or higher in roughly the southern half of Minnesota, with 60s in most of northern Minnesota. Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 70 on Monday, followed by upper 40s Tuesday, lower 40s Wednesday, 50 on Thursday and lower 60s on Friday.

Next weekend and the start of the following week look mild to warm. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a strong tendency for above-normal temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin from April 3 through April 9:

The Minnesota DNR lists ice out at Lake Harriet as March 24 this year:

 cam, which is on the north side of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis:

I did notice some ice remaining on the south side of Lake Harriet during my drive on Friday, but most of the lake was ice-free.

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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Sunday will be the best weekend day for outdoor activities. We have an update on our Saturday rain, with snow or a wintry mix in northeastern Minnesota. We also take a peek at lake ice-out dates.

Saturday showers, wintry mix in northeastern Minn.; plenty of Sunday sunshine

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