Milder temps Sunday; Heavy snow could hit western & northern Minn. Tuesday/Wednesday

Many of us were busy Saturday shoveling or plowing the heavy, wet snow that fell Friday night. At least we had plenty of sunshine while we cleared those sidewalks, driveways and roads.

Storm totals

The official snow total from this storm at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 8.5 inches:

This now ranks as the third snowiest snow season in Twin Cities weather records:

I measured 8.8 inches of new snow in St. Paul.

Here are some other snowstorm totals:

• Clear Lake, Wis., 15.8 inches

• Ladysmith, Wis., 15 inches

• Baldwin, Wis., 14 inches

• Rhinelander, Wis., 13.8 inches

• New Richmond and Hudson, Wis., 13 inches

• Oakdale, 13 inches

• Monticello, Woodbury and Medina, 12 inches

• Stillwater, 11.4 inches

• Maple Grove, 11 inches

• Corcoran, Minn. and Hudson Wis., 10 inches

• Falcon Heights, 9.6 inches

• Plymouth, Brooklyn Park and White Bear Lake, 9.5 inches

• Fridley, 9.2 inches

• North St. Paul, Browns Valley and Eden Valley, 9 inches

• Burnsville and Apple Valley, 8.9 inches

• Minneapolis , Edina, Anoka and Rosemount, 8.7 inches

• Victoria and New Hope, 8.5 inches

• Bloomington, Lakeville, Eden Prairie, Woodbury and Maplewood, 8 inches

• New Prague, 7.8 inches

• Morris, 7.6 inches

• Savage, 7.5 inches

• South St. Paul, Rogers and Mound, 7 inches

• Shakopee, 6.8 inches

• West St. Paul, 6.5 inches

• Lemond (Steele County), 6.2 inches

• Cambridge, 6.1 inches

• Red Wing, 5.5 inches

• St. Cloud, 5 inches

• Douglas (NW of Rochester), 4 inches

These and additional snow reports can be viewed on the National Weather Service snow map here. This is how the NWS snow map for the Friday/Friday night storm looked Saturday afternoon:

A tighter view of the metro area:

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

Sunday precipitation chance

Southern and central Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin could see spotty light rain/light freezing rain or a wintry mix Sunday morning.

Northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin have a good chance of seeing a wintry mix at times on Sunday, with accumulating snow in parts of the far north:

Tuesday/Wednesday snowstorm?

Some computer models show a strong low pressure system bringing precipitation to the upper Midwest Tuesday into Wednesday.

The Twin Cities metro area, southeastern Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin would see mainly rain and embedded thunderstorms Tuesday and Tuesday evening, then a changeover to a wintry mix late Tuesday night into Wednesday.

Portions of western and northern Minnesota could see heavy snow Tuesday into Wednesday:

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.

Temperature trends

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 50 degrees on April 2. Metro area highs will probably reach the upper 40s this Sunday.

Sunday highs will range from 30s in northwestern Minnesota to 50s in far southeastern Minnesota:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 40s on Monday and Tuesday. Metro area temps may be around 40 degrees early Wednesday morning, with falling temps by afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s are expected on Thursday, followed by upper 40s on Friday.

Programming note

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.