Another wintry storm Friday

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It was a bright but cold Saturday, and similar temps are expected on Christmas Day.

Many streets and roads have slippery spots and compacted snow, so allow extra time for travel Saturday evening into Sunday. Minnesota road conditions can be found 

A wind chill advisory continues Saturday evening into Sunday morning for most of Minnesota plus Wisconsin:

Wind chill temps as low as 30 below zero are possible. 

Here are details of the wind chill advisory that includes the Twin Cities metro area:

Northwestern Minnesota could see wind chill temps as low as 40 below zero.

There’s also a wind chill advisory Saturday evening into Sunday in northeastern Minnesota, where winds will be strongest:

A winter weather advisory continues Saturday evening into Sunday morning in Lake County and Cook County of northeastern Minnesota:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory:

The previous map also shows a mix of winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings in northeastern Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan.

Many people are traveling this holiday weekend. You can get forecast details for any spot in the United States by clicking on the map that’s displayed 

Here’s how the national warning and advisory map looked Saturday evening:

Freeze warnings extend from Texas to Florida for late Saturday night into Sunday morning.

An Alberta Clipper is expected to spread snow into portions of western Minnesota late Sunday morning and early Sunday afternoon. The snow coverage will expand across much of Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin as we go through the remainder of Christmas afternoon and into the evening hours.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the pressure pattern and the potential snowfall pattern from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday:

A winter weather advisory begins at 9 a.m. Sunday in Traverse and Big Stone counties of west-central Minnesota, and it begins earlier Sunday in portions of North Dakota:

Here are details of the advisory in Traverse County and Big Stone County:

Many locations — including the Twin Cities metro — will see snow totals of one to two inches by late Sunday. Check forecast updates, roads may become slick.

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

Low temps early Sunday morning will range from 20s below zero in far northwestern Minnesota to single-digits below zero in the Twin Cities and southeastern Minnesota.

Christmas Day highs will be mainly in the single-digits above zero:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 10 degrees on Monday, followed by mid 20s on Tuesday then mid to upper 30s Wednesday through Friday.

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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Ron Trenda

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Wind chill advisories continue Saturday evening into early Sunday. Many of us will see some afternoon and evening snowflakes on Christmas. We have details on that, plus a look at the much warmer temps that are on tap for Wednesday through Friday.

Snow returns Christmas afternoon and evening; much warmer temps by midweek

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