Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our Sunday afternoon weather was pleasant, with light winds and plenty of sunshine. The high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 35 degrees, which is two degrees above our average Feb. 27 high temp in the Twin Cities.

Monday highs will range from 20s in northern Minnesota to 40s in far southern Minnesota:

Some spots in the Twin Cities metro area could touch 40 degrees, and a few locations in far southwestern Minnesota will probably top 50 degrees.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 30s on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by upper 20s Thursday and lower 30s on Friday.

A low pressure system will bring periods of snow to roughly the northern third of Minnesota, plus northwestern Wisconsin, on Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 2 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday:

Here’s the NWS Monday snow forecast for northwestern and north-central Minnesota:

And here’s the NWS Monday snow forecast for northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

Parts of Saint Louis County, Lake County and Cook County of northeastern Minnesota could see two inches or more of snow on Monday.

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

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

Portions of northern and central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, will see some periods of light snow on Tuesday. The Twin Cities metro area will probably be near the southern edge of that Tuesday swath of snow, giving the metro area a chance of light snow.

A strong low pressure system will tap some Gulf moisture, then move through the Upper Midwest Friday into Saturday. That could bring a mix of snow, sleet, light freezing rain and rain to Minnesota and western Wisconsin Friday and Saturday. Check forecast updates later this week, because travel may be impacted. 

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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Ron Trenda

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Mild temps will continue as we start the work week. We take a look at the week ahead, including snow chances in some areas. 

Mild temps to start the week; periods of snow in northern Minnesota

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