Another wintry storm Friday

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A winter storm will continue to drop heavy snow in parts of northeastern Minnesota and far northwestern Wisconsin Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night. Northwestern and north-central Minnesota will see some patchy areas of snow into Sunday night.

Some of the highest snow totals received at this point in the winter storm are: 14 inches in Solway, which is a few miles west of Bemidji, Minnesota, 11.5 inches in Lavinia (which is just east of Bemidji) and 10.5 inches in McKinley (which is a few miles northeast of Eveleth in northeastern Minnesota). 

This is how the NWS snow map looked at 6 p.m. Sunday:

You can hover over any data point on the linked NWS snowfall map to see the location and time of the snow measurement. You can also slide the map to see snow reports in other parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

We’ll probably see many double-digit snow totals in northeastern Minnesota by late Sunday night. Tofte reported 9 inches of new snow by late Sunday afternoon, with more on the way,

Updated Minnesota road conditions can be found 

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

Heaviest snow to the northeast Sunday night

The Twin Cities metro area could see occasional light snow showers Sunday night but little additional snow accumulation is expected in the metro area.

Snow will continue to accumulate in northeastern Minnesota plus portions of Wisconsin Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High-Resolution Rapid-Refresh (HRRR) model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 p.m. Sunday to noon on Monday:

NOAA’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows a similar precipitation pattern:

Notice the tight spacing of the isobars, which indicates very strong winds.

Here is the NWS forecast of additional snow from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning:

Double-digit snow totals are expected near Lake Superior.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

Winter storm warnings continue this Sunday evening in northwestern Minnesota:

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A blizzard warning includes Minnesota counties along the Red River this Sunday evening:

Here are details of the blizzard warning, with “tonight” referring to this Sunday night: 

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Winter storm warnings continue Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night in northeastern Minnesota and parts of northwestern Wisconsin:

Here are details of the blizzard warning for portions of Cook County, which continues overnight Sunday night:

Here are details of the winter storm warning in the remainder of northeastern Minnesota, plus portions of northwestern Wisconsin, through the overnight hours of Sunday night:

A wind advisory continues Sunday evening in west-central and southwestern Minnesota and until 7 a.m. Monday in eastern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area:

Those winds will usher in some much colder air. Here are forecast peak wind gusts and coldest  wind chills for the overnight hours of Sunday night:

Single digit daytime highs are expected Monday in northern Minnesota, with lower teens in the south. Our Monday high in the Twin Cities will happen before 1 a.m. (somewhere in the mid to upper 20s) then we’ll see falling temps.  Our daylight-hour high will probably be in the low teens in the metro area. Wind chills will be well below zero on Monday.

Our average Twin Cities high temp is in the lower 30s this time of year. Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be in the lower 20s Tuesday, then around 30 degrees on Wednesday, followed by around 40 Thursday and mid 30s on Friday. We could see a bit of light snow on Tuesday, and a few light rain showers or snow showers on Friday.

The NWS Climate Prediction Center is showing a tendency for above normal temps in the Upper Midwest for Dec. 13 through Dec. 19:

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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A winter storm will continue to dump heavy snow in parts of northeastern Minnesota Sunday night. We’ll have strong winds along with plunging temps Sunday night, followed by a very cold Monday. We have the forecast details, including a look at the week ahead.

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