Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. 

Turn Up Your Support

Parts of northeastern Minnesota had several inches of wet snow Saturday. Snow reports for northeastern Minnesota will continue to be posted by the NWS 

This is how the linked snowfall map looked around 4 p.m. Saturday:

The highest total posted at that point was 5.5 inches from Orr, Minnesota, which is in northwestern St. Louis County.

The snow and rain/snow mix lingers into Saturday evening in northeastern Minnesota, then moves off to the east.  Here’s the NWS discussion, with “tonight” referring to Saturday night:

Our rain in the Twin Cities will linger into Saturday evening, then shift eastward. The rain could mix with wet flakes in parts of west-central Wisconsin Saturday night.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern for Saturday evening and through the overnight hours of Saturday night:

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 28 high temperature is 48 degrees in the Twin Cities. Metro area highs will be slightly above 50 degrees on Sunday. Highs in the 50s are expected this Sunday in roughly the southern half of Minnesota, with 40s in northern Minnesota:

Sunday afternoon wind gusts are expected to be in the 12-20 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 mid 40s Tuesday, lower 40s Wednesday, 50 on Thursday and lower 60s on Friday.

Next weekend and the following week look very mild to warm. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a strong tendency for above-normal temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin from April 4 through April 10:

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.

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Ron Trenda

Author

Parts of northeastern Minnesota saw several inches of new snow on Saturday. We have details on that, plus a look at our pleasant Sunday forecast and the temperature gyrations that are on tap for the coming week.

Saturday snow recap for the north; bright and dry on Sunday

Go Deeper.

Like this?

News you can use in your inbox