Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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It’s a wild weather picture across Minnesota overnight into Friday.

Our sloppy Alberta clipper sails through Minnesota with a mix of snow, sleet and rain overnight. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale  3 km resolution model shows the precipitation pattern through noon Friday:

 are up for the Red River Valley into Friday morning. Winds gusting to 55 mph will whip snow airborne and create near-zero visibility at times. 

Moderate to heavy snow has covered roads across northeastern Minnesota. Slippery road conditions will persist in many areas into Friday morning. 

Most of northeast Minnesota will tally 2 to 6 inches of fresh snowfall by Friday morning. With lake and topographic enhanced snow bands along the North Shore, I won’t be surprised if we see some local 8 to 10-inch snowfall totals along the upper North Shore once again with this system.

We’ve seen a mixed bag of precipitation with this latest system across much of southern Minnesota. Milder air mixing in has produced snow, sleet, and rain at times. Precipitation will gradually decrease across southern Minnesota overnight. 

Gusty winds behind the arctic front Friday will hit 40 mph and higher across parts of Minnesota. 

Temperatures will approach minus 30 once again across northern Minnesota by Saturday morning, and near zero in the Twin Cities. 

Highs this weekend will hover in the teens south and single digits north. 

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Paul Huttner

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It’s another upside-down temperature night in Minnesota. The warmest temperatures will occur overnight. 

Blizzard warnings northwest, messy clipper overnight

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