Northern Minnesota is under a new alert until Friday at 7 p.m.

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Most of Minnesota will go through the weekend without any additional snow. Parts of northeastern Minnesota could see a few scattered light snow showers or flurries Saturday morning.

A low pressure system will track from south-central Canada to just north of Lake Superior today, bringing strong winds to Minnesota and adjacent states.

Winds of 18-28 mph, with gusts of 30 to 35 mph or higher, will develop Saturday afternoon across much of Minnesota. Even stronger winds are expected in parts of southwestern Minnesota, with some gusts as high as 45 mph.

Here are forecast wind gusts at mid-afternoon:

A winter weather advisory for blowing snow and reduced visibilities covers five southwestern Minnesota counties from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday:

Patchy areas of blowing snow are possible elsewhere in Minnesota today.

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 

The Twin Cities average high temp is 29 degrees on Feb. 17. Metro area highs will be very close to average Saturday afternoon.

Much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have high temps in the upper 20s to lower 30s:

Some mid to upper 30s are possible in west-central Minnesota and up toward Moorhead.

Sunday high temps will be in the 30s across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with 20s in far northern 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.  

Ron Trenda

Author

You’ll notice the gusty winds today, and parts of southwestern Minnesota will see blowing snow and reduced visibilities. Sunday is looking pleasant.

A windy Saturday, with near-normal temps; lighter winds on Sunday

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