Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have periods of rain today, with a few embedded thunderstorms also possible.

Colder air works into the low pressure system’s circulation later today. West-central Minnesota and parts of northwestern Minnesota could see a wintry mix, with icy roads possible this evening into Thursday and early Friday:

A winter weather advisory starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday and runs through Thursday for Traverse and Big Stone counties of west-central Minnesota.

A winter storm watch covers northwestern Minnesota and parts of north-central Minnesota, starting at midnight and running through Friday afternoon:

The changeover to snow starts Thursday in northeastern Minnesota, where a winter storm watch runs from Thursday morning through Friday night.

Here are forecast snow amounts in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin through Saturday morning:

Southern Minnesota, the Twin Cities and west-central Wisconsin will see mainly periods of rain today and tomorrow, with a few embedded thunderstorms possible. The metro area could see a few flakes early Friday.

Parts of central and northeastern Minnesota, plus northwestern Wisconsin, could see two inches or more of precipitation from today through Friday:

Precipitation includes rain plus the water content of the snow in the north:

We have updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

. You can check the MPR News interactive radar display 

Wednesday highs will range from the 30s northwest to 60s in the southeast:

We’ll have much colder temps this coming weekend.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

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Ron Trenda

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Periods of rain will turn to a wintry mix in northwestern Minnesota later today, then a chance to see some heavy snow overnight and Thursday. We have the updated snow forecast.

Windy Wed. with periods of rain; PM wintry mix NW Minn., then heavy snow

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