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Spring storm brings rain, ice and snow Tuesday night

Milder Tuesday with rain showers arriving late afternoon

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Our developing spring storm system on satellite early Tuesday morning
College of DuPage Weather

A warmer air mass moving in and cloud cover is making a big difference on early morning temperatures Tuesday.

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24 hour change in temperatures
NOAA via pivotal weather
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Temperatures early Tuesday morning
NOAA via pivotal weather

The big story of course is the incoming storm system. It will bring initially rain showers to southern Minnesota gradually late Tuesday and snow in the northwest parts of the state.

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Rain showers move in late Tuesday afternoon along with sleet and snow north
College of DuPage Weather

We’ll need to watch central and east central Minnesota Tuesday night for possible ice. Where temperatures drop below freezing, the rain will become freezing rain potentially.

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Ice potential Tuesday night into early Wednesday
College of DuPage Weather

Impacts from this spring storm will differ in each part of the state. Northwest Minnesota will be the first to experience the winter punch.

NW MN impacts
Snow potential and blowing snow through early Thursday
National Weather Service

Northeastern Minnesota stands to see the highest possible snowfall amounts.

NE MN impacts
Snow and ice potential for northeast Minnesota
National Weather Service

In southern Minnesota, we’ll see the potential for a secondary area of snow to develop late Wednesday into early Thursday that will create a narrow snowfall from southeast Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

MPX impacts
Snow and ice potential through early Thursday
National Weather Service