Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued for Twin Cities metro area

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The official 2022-2023 season snowfall total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 78 inches through Friday. Our Saturday snow will easily place this snow season in the top ten snowiest in Twin Cities weather records:

The Twin Cities season snowfall total could rise to seventh-highest before the weekend is over.

A low pressure system will continue to bring snow to much of Minnesota and Wisconsin Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night.

The snow will continue into Sunday in northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, with intermittent snow possible Sunday in central and southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 5 p.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday:

Additional snow totals Saturday evening through Sunday evening will be highest over northeastern Minnesota:

Weekend snow totals (including the snow that has already fallen) are expected to look somewhat like this:

Parts of northwestern Wisconsin could also see some impressive weekend snow totals:

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

Blizzard warnings continue into Saturday night in much of North Dakota and parts of northwestern Minnesota:

A winter storm warning for heavy snow and strong winds continues in north-central Minnesota Saturday evening through Sunday afternoon.

Here are details of the blizzard warning in northwestern Minnesota:

A winter storm warning continues Saturday evening through Sunday in much of northeastern Minnesota and parts of northwestern Wisconsin:

A winter weather advisory includes much of central Minnesota as well as portions of the Twin Cities metro area Saturday evening and into the overnight hours of Saturday night:

Here are advisory details for Carver County and Hennepin County:

Here are advisory details for Anoka County, Ramsey County and Washington County of the metro area plus St. Croix County of Wisconsin:

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

The average Twin Cities high temp is 40 degrees on March 12. Metro area highs are forecast to reach the mid 30s this Sunday.

Many areas will have Sunday highs in the 30s, with 20s in far western and far northern Minnesota:

Twin Cities metro area highs are project to be around 30 degrees on Monday, followed by lower 30s Tuesday and then lower 40s Wednesday and Thursday. Metro area highs retreat to the lower 30s on Friday.

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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Snow continues Saturday evening and into Saturday night. Some areas will also see accumulating snow on Sunday. We have the updated snow forecast and a fresh look at warnings and advisories.

A snow plow drives by in the early morning.

Weekend snow update: Twin Cities season snowfall is now in the top 10 snowiest

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