Areas of drizzle, freezing drizzle, light snow Saturday AM

Updated at 940 a.m.

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:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 330 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022 MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-WIZ014- 023-024-101600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-221210T1600Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka- Ramsey-Washington-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Nicollet- Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn- Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 330 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Intermittent rounds of mixed wintry precipitation, including freezing drizzle and light snow. Snow accumulations of up to one inch and ice accumulations of a glaze to a couple hundredths of an inch are expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Fog will develop in addition to the wintry precipitation, some of which may be deposited onto roads, especially elevated roads such as bridges and overpasses. This may also cause slippery conditions. The potential for slippery roads will last through sunrise and into late Saturday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. Prepare for possible power outages. 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.

Temps and wind chill

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:

Update

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.

Programming note

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.