Wintry mix Thursday night, another storm Friday

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Parts of Minnesota will have patchy early morning fog. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have plenty of sunshine Sunday, possibly filtered by high clouds at times this afternoon. 

Parts of northwestern and northeastern Minnesota will have highs in the 20s.

A low pressure system will spread precipitation into southern, central and eastern Minnesota and much of Wisconsin overnight Sunday night, with precipitation continuing on Monday.

The precipitation will begin as rain in many areas, with freezing rain at locations that have cold enough surface temperatures. Some locations will see a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow. Periods of rain, freezing rain and snow transition to mainly snow as colder air arrives at some point on Monday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 8 p.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday:

Here is the potential for ice accumulation:

Here’s the ice potential in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

Here’s the snow forecast for those same areas:

This is the Monday snow potential elsewhere:

Winter storm warnings for ice begin at midnight Sunday night and continue until 6 p.m. Monday in several Wisconsin counties, with winter weather advisories for portions of central Minnesota and the north/east metro:

Here’s an overview of the storm, plus central Minnesota and metro advisory details:

Here are details of the winter storm warning for ice that begins at midnight in several western Wisconsin counties:

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

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

Author

Quiet weather is expected today, then a combination of rain, freezing rain and snow will arrive overnight and continue on Monday.

Nice Sunday; Rain, ice and snow late Sunday night and Monday

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