Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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Snow continues in Lake and Cook counties in northeastern Minnesota Monday. Most of southern and western Minnesota will see sun. Gusty northwest winds will blow at 15-30 mph. Rain develops Wednesday, part of a large storm system.

Snow continues in the arrowhead along the north and south shores of Lake Superior with blizzard and winter storm warnings through Monday.

Additional snowfall of several inches is possible in some spots.

The snow over the weekend put Duluth just a few tenths of an inch from tying its seasonal snowfall record, 135.4 inches. 

The highest winds Monday will be near Lake Superior. Statewide, we’ll have quite a bit of wind at 15-25 mph with gusts of 30-40 mph, and up to 50 mph along the North Shore. High temperatures will range from just the 30s north to the low 50s in southwestern Minnesota.

Tuesday will bring sunshine statewide with lighter winds. We’ll still be a bit below normal but temperatures will be the warmest of the week.

Next slowly moving storm comes at a bad time

We’re in a really critical time as many of our rivers will be cresting this week or into the upcoming weekend. River gauges are high most everywhere.

The big increase in river levels is a result of the rapid melt of last week but also additional moisture that’s fallen. We have a large, slow-moving storm system moving in Wednesday with lingering effects into Saturday. 

As flood levels rise on major Minnesota rivers

Spring flooding in Minnesota

Most will see mainly rain Wednesday with some snow north, but there will be a better chance of accumulating snow Thursday in northeastern Minnesota.

All of our high rivers are going to be sensitive to precipitation and we’re in for potentially 1 to 2 inches of additional liquid equivalent precipitation across a large area.

Temperatures will also remain cooler than normal through the week into the weekend.

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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Sven Sundgaard

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Snow continues in Lake and Cook counties in northeastern Minnesota Monday. Most of southern and western Minnesota will see sun. Gusty northwest winds will blow at 15-30 mph. Rain develops Wednesday, part of a large storm system.


Scattered snow showers will continue in northeast Minnesota Monday. Sunshine will break out across western and southern Minnesota Monday with gusty northwest winds. Highs will range from the upper 30s to low 50s.

Windy, bright Monday; snow lingers northeast; next storm arrives Wednesday

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