Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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It’s been fun to watch the morning satellite loop, which shows big gaps in the cloud cover in central and southern Minnesota.

At mid-morning, clouds lingered over much of the northern third of Minnesota plus most of western Wisconsin.

North-central and northeastern Minnesota, plus portions of northwestern Wisconsin, have a chance of patchy light snow showers or flurries this morning.

A low pressure system could spread some light snow showers into northwestern Minnesota late Sunday afternoon. That chance of light snow showers expands over much of the northern third of Minnesota Sunday evening and patchy light snow could linger into early Monday in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 3 p.m. Sunday to noon on Monday:

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

The average Twin Cities high temp is 27 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs are expected to be around 40 degrees Sunday afternoon, with a few spots in the metro topping 40. 

Much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see Sunday highs in the 30s, with lower 40s in west-central and southwestern Minnesota:

Parts of far northern Minnesota will see highs in the upper 20s.

Sunday afternoon wind gusts will be generally in 15 to 20 mph range, with the higher gusts in western Minnesota:

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:40 a.m. today. It’ll include a look at the week ahead.

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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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Ron Trenda

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Parts of Minnesota will have some sun today, and a few locations could see a few flakes. Temperatures will be well above normal.

A brighter Sunday; flake chances far northern Minnesota

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