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Snowfall lingers into Tuesday night; Wednesday's cold

Snow lingers into the evening hours in some areas

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A fat tire biker rides past Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis during Tuesday's snowstorm.
Tim Evans for MPR News

The snowstorm is winding down in many areas, but another inch or so is possible Tuesday evening in east-central Minnesota (including the Twin Cities) plus west-central Wisconsin.

Several additional inches of snow are expected in parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin Tuesday evening.

The winter storm warnings and advisories for the Twin Cities metro area expire at 6 p.m., but winter storm warnings continue in portions of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin through the evening hours:

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Tuesday warnings and advisories
pivotalweather.com

The blizzard warning (red) for several west-central Minnesota counties continues until 9 p.m. this evening. They could see an additional inch or so of snow, with severely reduced visibilities in strong winds.

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

How much snow?

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport recorded 3.4 inches of snow through noon Tuesday, and their next measurement will be at 6 p.m. I measured 4.2 inches of new snow through 2 p.m. in St. Paul and I’ve seen a 5.2-inch report from Rosemount and 6.1 inches in Hudson Wisconsin.

Snow reports from Monday and Tuesday can be found here. This is how the National Weather Service snow report plot looked at 4 p.m.Tuesday:

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Two-day snow reports (Monday and Tuesday combined)
National Weather Service

You can go to the linked site and zoom in to see snow totals. Hovering over a given report on the linked site will give you the exact location and time of the snowfall measurement.

The two-digit snow totals that extend from central Minnesota into northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin include the heavy snow from Monday.

Cold overnight and Wednesday

Lows will be well below zero across much of Minnesota late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning:

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Wednesday morning forecast lows
National Weather Service

Highs on Wednesday will only reach the single-digits:

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Wednesday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Wind chill advisories cover much of western Minnesota into Wednesday morning:

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Wind chill advisories and warnings Tuesday night and Wednesday morning
National Weather Service

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.