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

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Our active spring storm pattern continues into early this week.

The next storm wave will cross Minnesota Tuesday afternoon into the early evening. This one likely features a narrow band of thunderstorms crossing Minnesota between midday and evening. 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center

 lays out a slight risk zone across much of central Minnesota Tuesday including St. Cloud, the Twin Cities, and Interstate 90 corridor towns in southern Minnesota including Rochester. (See the map above.)

NOAA’s North American Mesoscale 3 km model is similar to others that shows the storms in western Minnesota by midday pushing into the Twin Cities, Duluth and eastern Minnesota by late afternoon into early evening:

The most favored window for potentially severe storms in the greater Twin Cities area is between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tune into 

, including 91.1 FM in the Twin Cities Tuesday. We’ll have extra severe weather updates as needed.

Tuesday’s storms will dump more rain on already saturated ground. Here’s the excessive rainfall outlook for Tuesday:

Highs Tuesday will be summery ahead of the cold front. 

Highs Wednesday will be cooler under northwest breezes and a few passing showers.

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Paul Huttner

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The next storm wave will cross Minnesota from west to east Tuesday afternoon into early evening. 

Severe risk again Tuesday afternoon

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