Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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If you have travel plans this weekend, you’re probably paying a lot of attention to weather forecasts.

I’ll walk you through the forecast for the next few days.

Spotty rain showers are possible in southern Minnesota Friday morning. Central and northern Minnesota could see some spotty snow showers or a wintry mix of flakes and spotty light freezing rain. The Twin Cities area could see scattered rain showers as temps rise overnight and Friday. A bit of light freezing rain cannot be ruled out in the northern part of the metro area. 

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

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

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Snow is expected to spread into northwestern and west-central Minnesota Christmas morning, then expand eastward Saturday afternoon and evening.

NOAA’s NAM model shows the potential precipitation pattern Saturday and Saturday evening:

The metro area will see snow chances arriving late Saturday afternoon and continuing Saturday evening. It doesn’t take much snow to cause slick roads, so check forecast updates.

Forecast models don’t agree on the timing, but a plowable amount of snow is possible across much of Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin from Sunday afternoon and evening through the overnight hours and into early Monday. Check forecast updates if you have travel plans anytime from Sunday afternoon into Monday. 

Friday highs will reach the 40s across much of southern and central Minnesota, with 30s to the north:

Christmas Day highs will range from the single-digits and teens in northwestern Minnesota to 30s in far southeastern Minnesota:

Many spots in the metro area will reach the upper 20s on Christmas.  Our average Dec. 25 high in the Twin Cities is 26. 

Sunday highs will range from teens in northwestern Minnesota to 30s in the southeast:

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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