Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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Northern Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin will have accumulating snow Saturday. The highest snow totals will be in northern Minnesota.

Here are forecast snow amounts for northwestern Minnesota:

The area within the hatched lines in northwestern Minnesota has a winter weather advisory.

North-central and northeastern Minnesota will see several inches of snow:

A winter weather advisory continues until 6 p.m. for north-central Minnesota and parts of the northeast, with the advisory running until 9 p.m. in Lake and Cook counties in the Arrowhead region.

Here are details of the advisory in Cook and Lake counties:

Most of the significant accumulating snow stays to the north Saturday, but occasional light snow showers are possible in the Twin Cities metro area, southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

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

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A few light snow showers are possible on Sunday, especially during the morning hours. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 2 a.m. Sunday to 5 p.m. Sunday:

NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model shows just a few very scattered snow showers on Sunday:

We’ll see if the afternoon runs of these models are more consistent.

Saturday highs will range from the 30s in southwestern Minnesota to teens in the far north. Some spots in the Twin Cities metro area may see highs in the mid 20s late Saturday afternoon or early Saturday evening. Wind gusts of 30 mph are possible at times.

Sunday highs will be mainly in the teens:

Western Wisconsin will see some lower 20s Sunday afternoon, and parts of northwestern Minnesota may see Sunday highs in the single-digits.

Sunday wind gusts will be in the 15-20 mph range in most areas:

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 15 knots equal to 17.3 mph.

Back to temperatures, Twin Cities highs are projected to reach the upper 20s on Monday, then lower 40s on Tuesday. Our metro area highs then retreat to the mid 30s Wednesday, followed by lower 30s Thursday and Friday.

Boston has seen more snow than the Twin Cities

The Twin Cities season snowfall total, measured at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, is currently 33.4 inches. Boston has us beat, with a season total of 37.3 inches so far. Almost 2 feet of their total is from that nor’easter last weekend. Here are some details from that storm:

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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Occasional light snow showers are possible southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. Light snow is possible Sunday. We have your weekend forecast, plus a look at the week ahead.

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