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Areas of light snow Sunday a.m., temps retreat this afternoon

Some slick spots on roads Sunday morning

Light snow spread across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin overnight.

Periods of light snow linger in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin Sunday morning, with some patchy freezing drizzle also possible. The precipitation in Minnesota ends from west to east late Sunday morning.

Parts of western Wisconsin could see periods of light snow linger into early afternoon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Sunday to 5 p.m. Sunday:

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Simulated radar noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Minnesota road conditions can be found here. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.

Sunday temps

The Twin Cities metro area and southern Minnesota have already seen early Sunday highs in the 20s. Temps retreat into the teens in most areas Sunday afternoon. Here are forecast noon temps:

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Sunday noon forecast temps
National Weather Service

Northwestern Minnesota will have some single-digit highs.

Sunday wind gusts are expected to be in the 15-24 mph range:

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Sunday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 16 knots equal to 18.4 mph.

This Updraft blog will be updated by around 10:15 a.m., with a Sunday forecast update plus a look at the week ahead.

Programming note

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.