Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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The official Twin Cities 2022-2023 season snowfall total is currently at 78.0 inches. We’ll add to that total this weekend.

A low-pressure system will bring many hours of snow to Minnesota and Wisconsin today into tonight. The snow lingers into Sunday in northern Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin, with patchy snow possible Sunday in southern Minnesota.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 9 a.m. Saturday to 9 p.m. Sunday:

Weekend snow totals are expected to be more than 6 inches in most of the northern half of Minnesota:

Twin Cities metro area totals are expected to be mainly in the range of 3 to 5 inches, with the heaviest snow Saturday afternoon into early Saturday evening.

Double-digit weekend snow totals are expected in portions of northeastern Minnesota:

Here are forecast weekend snow totals in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota:

Portions of northwestern Minnesota plus eastern North Dakota are in a blizzard warning Saturday and Saturday evening, with winter storm warnings elsewhere:

Here are details of the Minnesota portion of the blizzard warning:

The remainder of northern Minnesota is in a winter storm warning Saturday through Sunday afternoon and in some cases Sunday evening:

The winter storm warning runs from Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening for Duluth and up along the North Shore of Lake Superior. Here are the details:

A winter weather advisory runs from Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening in Rice Lake and Hayward, Wisconsin.

Winter weather advisories (blue) cover much of central Minnesota and parts of southwestern Minnesota Saturday and into Saturday night:

Here are advisory details in central Minnesota:

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

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

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

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

Many locations will see highs in the 30s on Sunday, with 20s in far western Minnesota and parts of northern 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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Our snowy winter continues. We have an update on expected weekend snow totals. Warnings and advisories have been posted for many areas Saturday into Sunday. 

Saturday/Saturday night snow heaviest in northern Minnesota

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