Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued for Twin Cities metro area

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Get ready for some heavy snow and strong winds.

Light snow will move into portions of southern and central Minnesota Saturday evening. Snow coverage expands to include much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin later Saturday night. 

The snow then continues Sunday and Sunday evening, with heavy snow at times. It’ll be windy too, with reduced visibilities in snow. The heaviest snow in the Twin Cities metro area is expected to be Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening.

Much of Minnesota will have snow Sunday night and Monday. The Twin Cities metro area, south-central and southeastern Minnesota plus parts of west-central Wisconsin could see snow continue into Sunday evening, then a rain/snow mix or rain later Sunday night, followed by mainly rain on Monday.  Periods of snow plus strong winds continue in much of western and northern Minnesota on Tuesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 11 p.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Monday:

Much of Minnesota could see double-digit snow totals Sunday into Monday and Tuesday. Snow totals will be lower in areas that see a transition to rain or a mix late Sunday night and  Monday.

Here are forecast snow totals Sunday through Monday:

Northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin will also see some double-digit snow totals:

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

Winter storm warnings begin on Sunday in most of Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin:

The winter storm warning begins at 10 a.m. Sunday and continues until 4 a.m. Monday in the Twin Cities metro area. Here’s a winter storm discussion from the NWS, plus details of the winter storm warning in the Twin Cities metro area: 

Snow forecasts for the Twin Cities metro area could be adjusted up or down, based on the timing of the changeover to a rain/snow mix or rain Sunday night/early Monday. In general, snow totals from this storm will tend to be higher in the north metro than the south metro.

The winter storm warning begins Sunday morning and continues until Tuesday morning in much of western and central Minnesota.

Here are winter storm warning details for Alexandria, Willmar and St. Cloud:

A blizzard warning covers much of the North Shore from 1 p.m. Sunday to 7 p.m. Tuesday, with winter storm warnings from 10 a.m. Sunday to 7 p.m. Tuesday from Brainerd and Hinckley to Duluth:

The winter storm warning in International Falls and Hibbing runs from 1 p.m. Sunday to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Here are details of the blizzard warning along the North Shore in southern Lake County and southern Cook County:

Here are details of the winter storm warning that includes Brainerd and Duluth:

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 average Twin Cities high temperature is 45 degrees this time of year. The Twin Cities and much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see Sunday highs in the 30s. parts of far nortrhern Minnesota will stay in the 20s.

Southeastern Minnesota will have the mildest temps on Monday, with cooler 20s and 30s to the northwest:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 40s on Monday, followed by upper 30s Tuesday.  Metro area highs will be around 30 degrees Wednesday, followed by upper 30s Thursday then mid 40s on 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.  We will have extra weather updates this weekend.

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A winter storm warning begins Sunday across much of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin. The storm continues into Tuesday in parts of Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. 

Winter storm warning Sunday into Tuesday; strong winds and heavy snow

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