Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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It’s a springy week in Minnesota this week.

We enjoy plenty of warmer March sunshine this week. Highs will moderate once again into the 40s and 50s by Wednesday afternoon. Southwestern Minnesota will bask in the 60s once again Wednesday.

Thursday brings breezy south winds. That will boost temperatures even higher Highs return to the 60s again in the Twin Cities with 70 degrees knocking on the door in southwestern Minnesota Thursday afternoon.

It looks likely we’ll see the first 70-degree temperatures of the year in the Twin Cities Friday afternoon.

The weekend starts on stormy notes. A low-pressure system will produce a severe weather outbreak in the central U.S. Friday. Southern Minnesota rides the northern edge of the thunder zone. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model shows rain and some thunderstorms likely across our region Friday evening. Then watch on the map below as rain changes to snow especially in western Minnesota through Saturday and Sunday.

Right now, the risk zone for any severe storms Friday creeps into southeastern Minnesota just south of the Twin Cities. 

Overall snowfall accumulations look light right now in the Twin Cities. But a few inches of spring slop is quite possible in western and central Minnesota.

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