Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our temperature roller coaster continues this week. 

Temperatures surged into the 30s and even 40s in southern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon as a warm front blew in. You can see on the maps above how southern Minnesota rides the top edge of an unseasonably warm air mass that extends all the way south to Texas. 

But a cold front blows in again Wednesday, and temperatures will hold steady or slowly fall through the 20s once again on gusty northwest winds. 

Temperatures bottom out Thursday, with highs in the single digits and teens across Minnesota. 

But check out Friday, another warm front.

And Sunday looks like the warmest day in the next week. We could hit 40 in the Twin Cities. 

Southeast winds across Lake Superior are cranking up some lake-effect snow along the upper North Shore. 

 include the area around Grand Marais into early Friday.

A more potent clipper system sweeps across northern Minnesota Friday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model tracks the low and snow shield through northern Minnesota Friday:

The Canadian model Kuchera snowfall output is among others cranking out some impressive snowfall totals between about 4 and 8 inches up north Friday. 

So get ready for another shot of potentially plowable snow up north Friday. 

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Paul Huttner

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Heavy snow for parts of northern Minnesota this week.

Temp roller coaster continues; heavy snow up north

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