Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Fog will linger across much of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night into early Monday. Some areas will see dense fog. 

A dense fog advisory continues Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night from portions of west-central Minnesota southeastward into south-central Minnesota:

Here are details of the dense fog advisory:

The NWS could add additional counties to the dense fog advisory as we go through Sunday night. 

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

Parts of northwestern Minnesota will see some light snow late Sunday night, then the chance of snow will expand across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the daylight hours of Monday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 5 a.m. Monday to 10 p.m. Monday:

The Twin Cities metro area could see a few light snow showers Monday afternoon. Some periods of snow are also possible in the metro area on Wednesday and Thursday night into Friday.

Monday highs are expected to reach the lower 30s in many locations, including the Twin Cities:

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 23 degrees this time of year.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by lower 20s Thursday and upper 20s on Friday. Twin Cities metro area highs will retreat to the teens next weekend.

Much of the upper Midwest could see below-normal temps during the last couple days of January and into the beginning of February, according to the NWS Climate Prediction Center:

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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Ron Trenda

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Fog will be with us Sunday night, and a dense fog advisory continues in parts of Minnesota until 6 a.m. Monday. We have details on that, plus mild Monday temps and who could see some snow. Cooler temps are on tap for later in the week.

Areas of fog Sunday night/early Monday; Mild temps Monday, with snow showers possible

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