Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Snow slowed commutes Thursday morning in the Twin Cities metro area, southeastern Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin. The snow is now tapering off across portions of Minnesota. 

The weekend weather looks quiet. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will sees highs in the 20s on Saturday with metro area temperatures expected to reach the upper 20s.

As of noon Thursday, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport reported 3.1 inches of snow from our latest storm, with light snow continuing. There have been some 4 and 5-inch snow reports from the southeast metro:

Some of the totals on the plot were taken around 6 a.m. Thursday and final storm totals will be higher at those locations.

Snow reports from Wednesday evening through midday Thursday are highest in southeastern Minnesota and into Wisconsin:

. You can pan and zoom the map at the linked site to get snow totals and then click on any data point to discover the time and location of the snow measurement.

Periods of snow will continue into Thursday afternoon in much of eastern Minnesota, with steadier snow in Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Thursday:

Additional accumulations Thursday afternoon are expected to be less than 1 inch in the Twin Cities metro area, with another 1 to 2 inches in parts of southeastern Minnesota. Several additional inches are expected across much of Wisconsin.

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

A winter weather advisory continues until 3 p.m. Thursday in the northwestern part of the Twin Cities metro area, with a winter storm warning in the southeastern parts of the metro area plus southeastern Minnesota and parts of west-central Wisconsin:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory in the northwest half of the metro area:

Here are details of the winter storm warning:

A winter weather advisory continues until 6 p.m. in portions of northeastern Minnesota and a winter storm warning continues through Thursday evening in parts of northwestern Wisconsin:

Here are details of the advisory in northeastern Minnesota:

We aren’t expecting any big storms or temperature extremes this weekend. The average Twin Cities high temperature is 23 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs are expected to reach the upper 20s on Saturday. 

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have Saturday highs in the 20s:

Winds will be fairly light, so Saturday afternoon wind chills will be mainly in the teens above zero:

Sunday afternoon wind chill temps will be in the teens:

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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Snow totals from this latest storm are highest in southeastern Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin. We have updated snow totals, plus a look at our weekend weather.

Snow tapers; quiet weekend ahead, near-normal temps

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