Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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Snow showers will continue Wednesday into Wednesday night with additional accumulation. Temperatures will be relatively mild in eastern Minnesota in the 30s while pushing into the teens in northwest Minnesota. 

Lighter to moderate periods of snow Wednesday through Wednesday night

The snow totals keep piling up. Here are totals through 9 a.m. Wednesday morning:

Winter storm warnings are posted through the evening for parts of central and northeast Minnesota into northwestern Wisconsin. Winter weather advisories continue across most of central and southern Minnesota as well as western Wisconsin into much of Wednesday for many areas as the snow becomes lighter but still persistent. 

Bands of snow will continue to rotate around an area of low pressure as it very slowly moves through the region Wednesday. 

The snow will gradually become lighter through the day Wednesday into Wednesday night.

We can anticipate more snowfall for some areas through Wednesday night. Below are additional totals from 6 a.m. Wednesday through noon Thursday (so this includes some snow that’s already fallen early Wednesday). 

The reason we have such a prolonged period of snowfall is due to this upper-level low that’s literally cut off from the main flow of the upper atmosphere and jet stream. Snow showers continue to spin around the low as it slowly moves northeast.

Winds will still be blustery, especially in southwest Minnesota Wednesday.

The winds are creating gale warnings for Lake Superior where waves could reach 15 feet Wednesday into Wednesday night.

Temperatures Thursday will still be near normal or above in eastern Minnesota but cooler air moves in for the end of the week into the weekend. Low temperatures Thursday night into early Friday will bring a few subzero readings for northern Minnesota but most places will see single digits and low teens.

Highs Friday will be in the teens to low 20s, just slightly cooler than normal and we should see some sunshine return.

Notably, the pattern is quieter as well with dry weather Thursday afternoon through next week for most of Minnesota. There’s also no arctic air in sight.

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Sven Sundgaard

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Snow showers will continue Wednesday into Wednesday night with additional accumulation. Temperatures will be relatively mild in eastern Minnesota in the 30s while pushing into the teens in northwest Minnesota.

Periods of snow continue into Wednesday night; cooler behind the system

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