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Cool, quiet Thursday in Minnesota; winter storm rakes Iowa, Wisconsin

Heavy snow in parts of Iowa and southern Wisconsin

Our winds won’t be as strong as yesterday, but it will still be a bit breezy. Temperatures will be well below normal.

Monday highs

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 29 degrees this time of year. We won’t come close to that mark Thursday.

Monday highs will be in the teens in many locations, with lower 20s in the Twin Cities metro area and southeastern Minnesota:

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Thursday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Parts of far northwestern Minnesota will see highs in the single digits above zero.

Storm tracks to the southeast

Our weather will be quiet across most of Minnesota Thursday. Far southeastern Minnesota could see a light snow shower. Meanwhile, a low-pressure system will spread several inches of snow across much of Iowa, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday:

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Simulated radar 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Winter storm warnings cover much of southern and eastern Iowa Thursday:

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Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories Thursday
National Weather Service

Portions of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois have winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories:

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Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories Thursday
National Weather Service

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.