Clouds/fog and possible mist/flurries Saturday; winter storm watch starts Monday in SW Minn.
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Our trees appear to be flocked this morning. Overnight fog allowed a coating to form on many tree branches.
The fog could be dense in parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin this morning, but visibilities will improve by late morning. Some locations will see freezing fog and a bit of drizzle/mist today. There is also a chance of patchy flurries and light snow showers today and this evening.
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.
Milder temps
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Our official Twin Cities high temp was 25 degrees on Friday. That’s our average Twin Cities high temp this time of year. Metro area highs will reach the 30s Saturday afternoon and we’ll share 30s with roughly the southern half of Minnesota and most of western Wisconsin:
Most of northern Minnesota will have highs in the 20s.
Saturday afternoon wind chill temps will be in the 20s south with mainly teens to the north:
Far northern Minnesota will have some single-digit wind chill temps this afternoon.
Winter storm watch starts Monday southwest
Enough info is now available on the Monday-Tuesday winter storm for the National Weather Service to issue a winter storm watch that starts Monday morning in southwestern Minnesota:
Here are details of the winter storm watch:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 324 AM CST Sat Dec 31 2022 IAZ001-002-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013- SDZ038>040-050-052>071-311730- /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0005.230102T1200Z-230104T0000Z/ Lyon-Osceola-Sioux-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-Jerauld- Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook- Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-Yankton- Clay-Union- 324 AM CST Sat Dec 31 2022 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Heavy snow and mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of 5 to 7 inches and ice accumulations of a few hundredths of an inch possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska and central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.
Here’s an NWS overview of the winter storm potential:
Update
A new Updraft will be posted around 10:30 today. It will include a look at Sunday plus an update on the Monday/Tuesday winter storm.
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.
