Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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Some areas are starting New Year’s Day with fog. Light winds allowed fog to form in many locations overnight. A dense fog advisory continues until noon today across much of northwestern Minnesota:

Some spots could see freezing fog and icy patches on roads this morning.

Areas of freezing drizzle have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a winter weather advisory for northeastern Minnesota through Sunday morning:

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

After the morning fog, many areas will have lingering clouds with a few peeks of sun at times. New Year’s Day highs will be mainly in the 20s in northern and central Minnesota, with lower 30s in southern Minnesota, the Twin Cities metro area, and western Wisconsin.

Computer models show a low-pressure system moving out of Colorado on Monday and then tracking northeastward through Tuesday, spreading precipitation over much of the upper Midwest. There will be mainly snow in some areas, with a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain in other areas. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Monday morning into Tuesday evening:

It looks like west-central into southwestern Minnesota will see mainly snow, with a wintry mix also possible. Rain and freezing rain look most likely in south-central and southeastern Minnesota before transitioning to all snow. 

The highest snow totals from Monday through Tuesday are most likely to be from southwestern Minnesota into central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

The highest chances of icing from freezing rain will be in southern Minnesota:

The NWS has issued a winter storm watch with various Monday start times across much of central and southern Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin:

Here are some start times for the winter storm watch, which will run through Tuesday:

 Winter storm watch begins in southwestern Minnesota.

 Winter storm watch begins in Willmar, Mankato, Albert Lea and in the south and southwestern part of the Twin Cities metro area.

 Winter storm watch begins in the remainder of the metro area and up toward St. Cloud and also in west-central Wisconsin.

 and continues through Tuesday evening from Brainerd and Hinckley to Duluth and into northwestern Wisconsin:

Here are details of the southwestern Minnesota portion of the winter storm watch:

Here are details of the portion of the watch that includes Mankato and Albert Lea, plus the south and southwestern part of the Twin Cities metro area:

Here are details of the watch that includes the remainder of the metro area plus St. Cloud and parts of west-central Wisconsin:

Here are details of the winter storm watch that includes Brainerd and Hinckley:

You can get forecast details for any spot in the United States by clicking on the map that’s displayed 

Top five Minnesota weather events of 2022

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has compiled a list of the 

Top Five Weather Events of 2022 in Minnesota

I was among the Minnesota meteorologists who voted this year.

The final vote tally has been completed and here are the results as posted by the Climatology Office, along with their narrative for each event and links to more info:

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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Some of us are starting the New Year with areas of fog and freezing drizzle. We have details on that, plus a look at the winter storm that will move in on Monday.

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Areas of fog Sunday AM; Winter storm update for Monday-Tuesday

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