Areas of fog Saturday morning; clouds linger in many locations

There are areas of fog in Minnesota and western Wisconsin this morning. Some spots could also see patchy freezing drizzle or flurries at times.

Clouds will linger through much of Saturday in many locations, with a few glimpses of sun possible.

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.

Temps and wind chills

Highs in the upper 20s are expected in the Twin Cities metro area Saturday afternoon. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 23 degrees this time of year.

Highs in the 20s are expected across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin today:

There could be a few upper teens in far northwestern Minnesota.

Saturday afternoon wind chill temperatures will be mainly in the teens above zero:

Some spots in far northwestern Minnesota could see single-digit wind chills at times today.

Snow depth update

If sledding, snowboarding or cross-country skiing are in your weekend plans, you’ll be happy to know that there’s plenty of snow on the ground across most of Minnesota:

The official Twin Cities snow depth is 11 inches right now, but some spots in the north metro have snow depths of 15 inches or higher.

The purple areas on the snow depth map indicate 18 inches or more of snow cover from Carlton County up through northeastern Minnesota.

The light purple areas (including much of Lake County and Cook County of northeastern Minnesota) have 24 inches or more of snow on the ground.

Some spots in far southern Minnesota have between 4 and 8 inches of snow cover.

You can get info on the groomed trails in Minnesota State Parks here.

Update

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:20 a.m. today. It will ibclude a look at Sunday and the week ahead.

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.