Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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Freezing rain put an icy glaze on many sidewalks and driveways overnight, and some roads and ramps are slippery too. Be careful if you head out this morning. Warming temps will melt some of that ice later this morning in eastern Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin.

There will be lingering patchy areas of rain/freezing rain in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin this morning, then another wave of moisture moves up from the south this afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 8 a.m. today to noon on Sunday:

Snow amounts will be highest later today and tonight from western Minnesota through parts of central and northeastern Minnesota plus far northwestern Wisconsin.

An ice storm warning continues until noon in portions of western Wisconsin:

Here are details of the ice storm warning:

Winter weather advisories for a wintry mix that changes to snow begin at noon and run until midnight in the western and central Minnesota counties that are shaded blue. The west and north metro are in a winter weather advisory from 3 p.m. to midnight…here are those details:

We are expecting mainly periods of rain in the metro area from late morning into mid afternoon, then a mix and eventually a changeover to snow this evening. A thunderstorm is also possible this afternoon/early evening.

Parts of northeastern Minnesota will see a wintry mix and several inches of snow:

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 

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:15 a.m. with a look at Sunday and the week ahead.

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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An icy glaze covers many sidewalks and some roads Saturday morning. We have an update on what to expect the rest of today.

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