Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I’ll get to the details about this weekend’s snow after an update on our snowy Thursday.

Snow will continue Thursday afternoon and into Thursday night across most of central and southern Minnesota and in much of Wisconsin and northern and eastern Iowa. The northern third of Minnesota will also see some areas of snow.

Here are expected snow totals through Thursday night and into early Friday:

Winter storm warnings are posted for southeastern Minnesota and a portion of southwestern Minnesota, with winter weather advisories (blue) in many areas, including the Twin Cities:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory that includes the Twin Cities metro area :

Here are details of the winter storm warning in southeastern Minnesota:

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

Yet another batch of snow is expected on Saturday, lingering into Saturday night and Sunday in parts of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 3 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday:

Snow totals may be in the 2 to 4 inch range in many areas Saturday into early Sunday.

The average Twin Cities high temp is 39 degrees on March 11. Metro area highs are forecast to reach the low to mid-30s on Saturday. 

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have Saturday highs in the 30s:

Parts of northern Minnesota will top out in the upper 20s.

Winds will pick up on Saturday, with gusts over 30 mph in some areas:

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 27 knots equal to 31.1 mph.

Sunday highs will be in the 30s in most locations, with some upper 20s in far western Minnesota:

Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday. If you have any watches or clocks that don’t automatically adjust, you might want to turn them ahead one hour before you go to sleep Saturday night.

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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We’re in a snowy weather pattern. Our snowy streak continues on Saturday, with patchy areas of snow also possible on Sunday.  

Weekend weather: Snow Saturday; highs in the 30s

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