Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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A slow-moving low pressure system will continue to bring snow to northeastern Minnesota and much of northwestern Wisconsin Sunday evening. Occasional snow showers are possible elsewhere in Minnesota and western Wisconsin Sunday evening.

Snow lingers Sunday night and into Monday as you go deeper into Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 p.m. Sunday to 9 a.m. Monday:

Sunday evening winter storm warning update

A winter storm warning continues until 7 p.m. this Sunday evening from Aitkin County and Pine County up through northeastern Minnesota:

Winter storm warnings continue until 10 p.m. this Sunday in portions of northwestern Wisconsin.

Here are winter storm warning details in northeastern Minnesota:

Here are winter storm warning details in northwestern Wisconsin:

Winter storm warnings continue overnight Sunday night in parts of central Wisconsin.

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

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

Some weather observers take their snow measurements in the morning and evening, so additional snow reports will be arriving Sunday night.

Here’s a plot of the weekend snow reports that have been received so far:

There are a bunch of 12”+ reports in northern Minnesota.

. You can hover over any data point on the linked map to get the exact snow total plus the time and location of the measurement. You can also zoom and pan the map at the linked site. 

Here’s a look at some weekend snow totals in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

There are a couple of 16 inch reports near Duluth and a 17 inch report from Palmers, Minnesota. That area will see some additional snow Sunday evening.

Twin Cities metro area weekend snow totals are mainly in the 3 to 5 inch range:

The 2-inch snow reports in the southwest metro were from Saturday evening, so they aren’t the final weekend tally.

Some forecast models show rain moving into Minnesota on Thursday, with a rain/snow mix in the west. That system will pull in some colder air Thursday night and Friday, so the rain or rain/snow mix could change to mostly snow. 

Check forecast updates as we get closer to Thursday/Friday.

The Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 32 degrees. That’s well below the average March 12 Twin Cities high of 40 degrees.

A few spots in the Twin Cities metro area could touch 30 degrees Monday afternoon.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 30s on Tuesday, followed by lower 40s Wednesday and Thursday, then lower 30s on Friday.

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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As expected, the highest weekend snow totals were in northern Minnesota. We have a map of weekend snow reports, plus a look at the week ahead.

National Weather Service

NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Weekend snowfall reports received through Sunday afternoon

Weekend snow recap: over a foot of snow in parts of northern Minnesota

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