Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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It felt more like May than November Thursday morning in the Twin Cities, southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Our average Twin Cities high is 45 degrees on Nov. 10. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport reported 68 degrees at 11 a.m. Temperatures could still rise a bit more. 

A cold front will sweep through Thursday afternoon, so temps will fall into the 50s and then through the 40s by late afternoon. The front could ignite scattered thunderstorms.

An isolated severe thunderstorm will be possible this afternoon and early evening 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:

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 

A low-pressure system was located just to the west of the Twin Cities late Thursday morning. That low will move slowly northeastward Thursday afternoon and night. That track 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:

Freezing rain has already occurred in some areas and it may spread to other locations Thursday.

A portion of Interstate 29 in eastern North Dakota was closed Thursday due to icing:

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

Here are details of the blizzard warnings:

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

Here are warnings and advisories for northeastern Minnesota:

Details of the warnings and advisories in the northeast:

. North Dakota road conditions can be found 

The Twin Cities metro area could see a passing flurry or light snow shower on Friday.

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 44 degrees on Nov. 12. We’ll see metro area highs in the lower 30s on Saturday. Much of Minnesota will have Saturday highs in the 20s, with lower 30s to the southeast and also in western Wisconsin:

It’ll be a bit breezy on Saturday, with afternoon gusts of 14 to 18 mph in many areas:

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 14 knots equal to 16.1 mph.

Sunday highs will once again be in the 20s to lower 30s:

Our winds will be fairly light on Sunday.

We aren’t expecting any meaningful precipitation Saturday or Sunday. A stray flurry is possible Saturday, and parts of far western Minnesota could see a light snow shower late on Sunday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday:

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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Northern Minnesota will see very wintry weather Thursday, with heavy snow and areas of ice. We have an update on the winter storm and blizzard warnings up north, plus thunderstorm chances and plunging afternoon temperatures in the Twin Cities metro area.

Wintry weather up north; metro thunderstorm chance; chilly weekend ahead

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