Cooler but still well above normal this week

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Some roads still have slick spots due to our weekend snow/light freezing drizzle.

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

Parts of northern and central Minnesota could see scattered light snow showers Sunday morning, with a stray flurry possible elsewhere in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

A low pressure sytem will spread accumulating snow across several states Sunday night through Monday and into early Tuesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 11 p.m. Sunday to noon on Tuesday:

Here’s the NWS snow forecast for Sunday night into early Tuesday:

Notice that parts of southwestern Minnesota could see 6 inches or more of snow. 

Twin Cities metro area snow amounts look to be in the 2 to 3 inch range, based on new forecast model info. The metro area could see light snow at times during the daylight hours of Monday, with steadier snow Monday night into early Tuesday.

Parts of southeastern South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska could see double-digit snow totals from the storm:

Parts of southwestern Minnesota have a winter weather advisory from 3 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory:

Rock County of far southwestern Minnesota is in a winter storm watch from 11 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Tuesday.

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 storm warnings have been posted for much of central and eastern Nebraska plus portions of southeastern South Dakota and western Iowa.

Many spots in Minnesota saw their Sunday high temps around 1 a.m. Sunday.  Mid-afternoon temps will be in the 20s in many locations, with teens in northwestern, north-central and west-central Minnesota:

Monday highs will range from teens in far northwestern Minnesota to 30s in the southeast:

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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Our Sunday weather will be relatively quiet, then accumulating snow returns for Monday into Tuesday.

Quiet Sunday weather; snow returns on Monday, lingers into Tuesday

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