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Snow showers taper off through Wednesday morning, gusty winds continue

Cold but dry for Thanksgiving

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Forecast precipitation 8 a.m. Wednesday through 10 p.m.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

The season’s first winter storm is nearly behind us. Snow showers taper off quickly early to midmorning but blustery winds continue. Cold air settles in and sticks around. 

Snow showers taper off early but gusty winds continue 

The first winter storm of the season is nearly in the rearview mirror. Winter storm warnings expire midmorning across eastern Minnesota. Winter weather advisories continue in southeastern Minnesota into midafternoon.

Winter storm warnings continue all day for the North Shore.

We picked up some hefty snowfall totals around the Duluth area. Duluth picked up 10.3 inches with 8.3 inches in Moose Lake.

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Statewide snow totals reported through 8 a.m. Wednesday
National Weather Service

The Twin Cities officially picked up 3.1 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Most metro locations ranged from 1 to 4 inches with closer to 5 in some northern suburbs.

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Snowfall totals across the Twin Cities metro area
National Weather Service

Snow showers will track east and dissipate through the early to midmorning hours across eastern Minnesota into Wisconsin.

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Forecast precipitation 8 a.m. Wednesday through 10 p.m.
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Any additional snowfall will be fairly minor, mostly be confined to northeastern and southeastern Minnesota into western Wisconsin. 

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Forecast additional snowfall 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. Wednesday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Gusty winds will continue out of the northwest at 15 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 40 mph for some in far southern and southwestern Minnesota. Winds will still be breezy Thursday but not nearly as strong. 

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Forecast winds 5 a.m. Wednesday through 12 p.m. Thursday
College of DuPage weather lab

Highs Wednesday will be subfreezing statewide. With the winds, it will feel like it’s in the teens and even single digits for some.

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Forecast highs Wednesday
National Weather Service

Overnight lows will be in the teens mostly and Thanksgiving will see highs mostly in the 20s. The cold air sticks around through the weekend and we’re watching a potential system that may bring some snow to southern Minnesota Saturday. 

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Forecast precipitation 6 a.m. Friday through 12 a.m. Sunday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

Southern Minnesota could be in for additional snowfall accumulations. Most forecast models keep the heaviest snow in Iowa, southern Wisconsin and Illinois but at least a few inches could fall in southern Minnesota Friday night into Saturday and Saturday night.

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Forecast model scenarios for Friday night into Saturday and Saturday night snowfall
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Behind that system, even colder air moves in. We could see subzero lows across much of Minnesota early Monday morning with highs only in the teens Monday afternoon.

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Forecast low temperatures early Monday morning
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather