Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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There’s some snow in the weekend forecast, but it won’t put much of a dent in our substantial snow deficit.

The best  chance of accumulating snow Friday evening and overnight Friday night will be in the northern half of Minnesota plus portions of west-central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Patchy light snow showers or flurries are possible elsewhere in Minnesota and into west-central Wisconsin. Parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin could also see a bit of freezing drizzle at times.

Western and northern Minnesota have the best chance of snow Saturday morning, then the snow coverage expands to include the remainder of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Saturday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday:

The highest weekend snow totals will be in northeastern Minnesota and in portions of

“Today” in the graphic title refers to Friday. 

Some areas in southern Cook County could see 6 or 7 inches of snow this weekend. Much of northern Minnesota will tally 2 to 5 inches of snow, with 2 to 3 inches in parts of northwestern Wisconsin.

Lower snow totals are expected in central and southern Minnesota:

The Twin Cities metro area could see an inch or less of snow this weekend, with most of that accumulation expected late Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening.

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

Updated forecast information will be posted by the National Weather Service offices in the 

Winter weather advisories continue across portions of northern Minnesota Friday evening into Saturday. The winter weather advisory in northeastern Minnesota continues until 6 a.m. Sunday:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory for St. Louis County and Carlton County plus parts of Lake County and Cook County:

Here are advisory details for the southern portions of Lake County and Cook County:

Here are advisory details for Koochiching County down through northern Aitkin County:

The Friday high temperature at Minneapolius-St. Paul International Airport was 35 degrees. That’s well above the average Jan. 5 Twin Cities high temp of 24 degrees.

Above-normal temps are also on tap for Saturday, with highs in the 30s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Northwestern Minnesota will see some 20s.

Many locations will see highs in the 20s on Sunday:

There will be some teens in northwestern and north-central Minnesota.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be in the lower 30s on Monday, then around 30 degrees Tuesday followed by upper 20s Wednesday and lower 20s on Thursday and Friday.

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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