Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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There are two seasons in Minnesota right now. 

The Twin Cities metro area and southeastern Minnesota have springlike temps and dew points. We could see some occasional showers and a few embedded thunderstorms Thursday.

An isolated severe thunderstorm will be possible midday into this afternoon in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities area and into southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, where the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center shows a marginal risk of severe weather. 

Metro area highs in the upper 60s will occur late morning, then temps drop sharply through the afternoon, reaching the lower 40s by sunset. 

As the low-pressure system in southern Minnesota tracks northeastward on Thursday, it will bring strong winds and heavy snow to northwestern and north-central Minnesota, with a wintry mix, ice and then snow in the northeast. 

Snow totals through Friday will reach double digits in parts of the northwest:

Ice is expected in parts of west-central and northwestern Minnesota.

Blizzard warnings cover parts of northwestern Minnesota, with winter storm warnings elsewhere.

Here are details of the blizzard warnings:

Northeastern Minnesota will see a wintry mix, ice and snow.

Here are warnings for northeastern Minnesota.

Details of the warnings and advisories in the northeast:

. North Dakota road conditions can be found 

NDDOT reported this morning that I-29 was closed between Fargo and Grand Forks, due to icy conditions:

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 

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Ron Trenda

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We have an update on the blizzard warning in northwestern Minnesota and the winter storm warnings and ice storm warnings elsewhere in northern Minnesota. The metro area and southeastern Minnesota could see a thunderstorm.

Blizzard, winter storm warnings in northern Minn.; metro thunderstorm chance

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