Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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If you need some sunshine today, head west.

The western third of Minnesota will have quite a bit of Sunday sunshine. Eastern Minnesota and much of Wisconsin will have a lot of clouds, as moisture continues to rotate around a low pressure system that’s parked over the Great Lakes.

Much of southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin were reporting either rain or a rain/snow mix at 8 a.m. Sunday. That mix will transition to mainly rain by afternoon and into Sunday evening.

A winter weather advisory continues until 1 p.m. Sunday for Douglas and Bayfield counties of northwestern Wisconsin.  Steady snow continues in north-central Wisconsin, where there’s a  winter storm warning today through Monday morning in Ashland and Iron Counties:

Some spots in north-central Wisconsin will see double digit snow totals:

There’s a wind advisory today through Monday along and near the North Shore of Lake Superior and down through Carlton county. 

There’s also a wind advisory today and early Sunday evening for most of western Minnesota and far southern Minnesota:

Here are details of the wind advisory, from the National Weather Service:

Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible in the Twin Cities metro area.

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

 office will have forecast updates as needed.

Sunday highs will be in the 50s in western Minnesota, with mainly 40s in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Some spots in the Twin Cities metro area could touch 50 degrees later this afternoon. The average Twin Cities high temperature is 63 degrees this time of year.

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:30 a.m. today. It will include details on some much milder temps that’ll arrive by midweek.

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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Eastern Minnesota and much of Wisconsin will have periods of precipitation today. We have details on who can expected rain and who can expect snow or a rain/snow mix.

A cool and windy Sunday; Periods of rain, with flakes in some areas

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