Cooler but still well above normal this week

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I’ll start with the latest snow depth map, since much of Minnesota had minimal snow cover over the past few weeks until our recent storm.

Here’s the latest Minnesota snow depth map, posted Thursday afternoon by the 

Areas shaded green had snow depths between 4 and 8 inches Thursday morning, with snow depths of 8 to 12 inches in areas shaded light blue. The areas shaded darkest blue in northeastern Minnesota had snow depths between 15 and 18 inches Thursday morning.

Some of our Minnesota snow cover has melted since Thursday morning.

Portions of northern Minnesota will see periods of snow or a wintry mix Friday afternoon and Friday night into Saturday morning. A few spots in far northern Minnesota could also see a Sunday morning snow shower.

Southern and central Minnesota will have a chance of scattered rain showers late Friday afternoon and Friday night, with another chance of scattered rain showers Sunday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 10 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday:

In addition to some snow, areas along the North Shore of Lake Superior and portions of northwestern Wisconsin could see some icing. Here area projected snow and ice totals Friday through Saturday in northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory (center-bottom  of graphic) along portions of the North Shore:

Here are advisory details for northwestern Wisconsin:

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 49 degrees on March 30. Metro area highs are expected to reach the lower 40s this Saturday.

Most of western and far northern Minnesota will see Saturday highs in the 30s, with 40s elsewhere in Minnesota plus western Wisconsin:

Twin Cities metro area highs are likely to reach the upper 40s on Sunday. Many locations will have Sunday highs in the 40s, with 30s lingering in northwestern and west-central Minnesota:

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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We have an update on weekend temperatures and who could see some flakes and raindrops.

Weekend weather: Mildest temps Sunday; Saturday morning snow chance up north

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