Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Many of us are waking up to rain this Saturday. Periods of rain are expected across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with some embedded thunderstorms at times.

High temperatures happened earlier this morning in many areas, with highs the remainder of Saturday ranging form 30s in northwestern and west-central Minnesota to 50s and lower 60s in the far southeast:

The Saturday rain may be mixed with snowflakes in parts of western Minnesota. Cooler air will spread that rain/snow mix eastward Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night. On Sunday, most of eastern Minnesota and much of Wisconsin will see mainly snow, with a mix possible at times. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 10 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Sunday:

The snow will melt on some surfaces initially, and winds will be strong on Sunday. The heaviest snow totals are expected in Wisconsin:

Twin Cities metro area totals of 2 to 4 inches are possible Sunday through Sunday evening. Parts of southeastern Minnesota could see 5 or 6 inches of snow from Sunday into Monday morning.

A winter storm watch starts at 7 p.m. Sunday and continues to 10 a.m. Monday from Barron County, Wisconsin south to Winona County and Houston County of Minnesota and then eastward:

Here are watch details for western Wisconsin:

A winter storm watch starts at 1 a.m. Sunday and runs to 7 p.m. Monday in Lake County and Cook County of northeastern Minnesota:

A winter storm watch begins at 4 p.m. Sunday and runs to 10 a.m. Monday in Douglas County and Washburn County of northwestern Wisconsin.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Ron Trenda

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It’ll be a cool and wet Saturday. The rain will change to snow in many areas by Sunday. We have the details.

Colder temps this weekend; Saturday rain, then a mix Sat. night to mainly snow on Sunday

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