Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Yes, this is unusually cold weather for March.

The Saturday morning low temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 8 degrees. That’s our average Twin Cities low temperature on January 18.

The average March 18 Twin Cities high temp is 43 degrees. Saturday high temps in the Twin Cities metro area and much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will be in the 20s, which is more typical of January than the third week of March. Parts of far western Minnesota will see Saturday highs in the teens.

Very cold temps are hitting much of the U.S. today and tonight. There are freeze warnings posted from north Texas to portions of the Carolinas Saturday night into Sunday morning:

Low temps late Saturday night/early Sunday morning will be mainly in the single digits in Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Parts of northwestern Minnesota will dip below zero.

Sunday highs will be mainly in the 30s, with 20s in northwestern Minnesota:

Monday highs range from 20s in far western Minnesota to 40s in the far southeast:

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

A stray flurry is possible today anywhere in Minnesota and into west-central Wisconsin. Parts of northeastern Minnesota could see a snow shower at times. 

Accumulating snow is most likely near the south shore of Lake Superior, including parts of northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  A winter weather advisory continues until 1 p.m. today for Douglas, Bayfield and Ashland Counties of northwestern Wisconsin. Heavier snow is expected in Iron County, Wisconsin, where a winter storm warning continues until  1 p.m. today.

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

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

Some roads in southwestern and west-central Minnesota are still icy, due to recent snow plus the very cold temperatures.

Sunday looks dry in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. Sunday to 11 p.m. Sunday:

Meteorological spring began on March 1. Astronomical spring arrives at 4:24 p.m. Central Daylight Time this Monday, March 20.

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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Saturday and Saturday night temperatures will make it feel more like January than March. We have details on when our temps will rebound, as we look at Sunday and the week ahead.  

Chilly weekend, then milder temps this week; Freeze warnings Texas to the Carolinas

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