Weekend weather: Wintry mix into Saturday for some areas; 30s Sunday

A look at Thursday night, Friday morning snow totals

A persistent area of clouds will cover much of Minnesota and Wisconsin Friday night and Saturday. Periods of drizzle, light freezing drizzle and light snow are possible Friday night and Saturday morning, and the wintry mix may linger into Saturday afternoon in northern Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern on Saturday from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Simulated radar from 5 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Saturday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Snow accumulations of 1 inch or more are possible from Friday night through Saturday in northeastern Minnesota, with spotty totals of 3-plus inches in the higher elevations near the North Shore of Lake Superior:

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Friday night and Saturday snow and ice forecast
National Weather Service

Weekend temps and wind chill

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 31 degrees on Dec. 10. Metro area highs will be in the upper 30s Saturday. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see Saturday highs in the 30s:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Saturday afternoon wind chill temps will be mainly in the 20s, with lower 30s in the southeast:

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Saturday noon forecast wind chill
National Weather Service

Sunday highs will be in the 30s:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Sunday afternoon wind chill temps will be in the teens in west-central and northwestern Minnesota, with milder wind chill temps elsewhere:

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Sunday noon forecast wind chill
National Weather Service

I-90 corridor snow totals, storm cleanup

Far southern Minnesota saw the highest snow totals late Thursday through Friday morning. Here’s a look at snow reports through 11:30 a.m. Friday:

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Snow reports through 11:30 a.m. Friday
National Weather Service

Luverne, in southwestern Minnesota, tallied 7.5 inches of snow. There were some 6 inch reports near Albert Lea in south-central Minnesota.

Austin tallied 6.3 inches, but there was a report of 10.3 inches in Dexter, which is about 15 miles to the east-northeast of Austin. Preston, in southeastern Minnesota, reported 9.5 inches of new snow.

Some snow measurements were taken around 6 a.m., and additional snow may be included in the final totals that are posted later today. You can check updated Minnesota and western Wisconsin snow reports here. You can zoom in on the linked map to get specific locations, snow totals and the time of the snow measurement.

Allow extra travel time in southern Minnesota and southern Wisconsin Friday afternoon.

Accumulating snow will linger into the early afternoon hours in far southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin, where a winter weather advisory runs until 3 p.m. this Friday:

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Winter weather advisory (blue) until 3 p.m. Friday
National Weather Service

Here are details of the advisory:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 1200 PM CST Fri Dec 9 2022 .At 9 am, snow, heavy at times, continues along the Minnesota- Wisconsin border north of La Crosse, southeast along I-90/94 into Madison in southcentral Wisconsin. Roads are snow covered and hazardous according to the state transportation department reports. MNZ088-096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-092100- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-221209T2100Z/ Winona-Houston-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-Vernon-Crawford- Richland-Grant- Including the cities of Winona, Caledonia, La Crosse, Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, Friendship, Viroqua, Prairie Du Chien, Richland Center, and Platteville 1200 PM CST Fri Dec 9 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Wet snow. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Minnesota and central, southwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

Minnesota road conditions can be found here. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.

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