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Much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see periods of drizzle, freezing drizzle and light snow Saturday morning. Some heavier snow is possible near Lake Superior into Saturday afternoon.

A winter weather advisory runs to noon Saturday for most of the northern third of Minnesota, and until 10 a.m. Saturday from southern through central Minnesota, the Twin Cities and west-central Wisconsin. The winter weather advisory runs until 6 p.m. Saturday up along the North Shore of Lake Superior:

Here are weather details for northeastern Minnesota:

Note the heavier snow amounts that are possible along the North Shore.

Here are winter weather advisory details for central and southern Minnesota through the metro area and into west-central Wisconsin:

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

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

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

A new Updraft post is planned for around 10:30 a.m., and it will include a look at Sunday and the winter storm that will hit the upper Midwest this coming week.

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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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Ron Trenda

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Areas of drizzle, freezing drizzle and light snow are expected across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Saturday morning. That combo will linger into afternoon in the northeast. We have the details.

Areas of drizzle, freezing drizzle, light snow Saturday AM

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