Winter storm warnings include northeast Twin Cities

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Here’s an update on inbound wintry storm system Tuesday. Let’s start with the evolving warning landscape. Warning and advisory zones may shift a bit as the system approaches Tuesday.

Winter storm warnings have been expanded southward 

to include the northern Twin Cities Tuesday.

 Here’s the updated storm synopsis for the northern Twin Cities areas from the Twin Cities NWS:

Here’s the updated winter storm warning for the northern Twin Cities.

Winter storm warnings now cover most of northwest Minnesota. Here’s the 

 from the Red River Valley eastward through Thief River Falls:

warning language from the Duluth NWS Office

 covering central Minnesotan including the Brainerd, Mille Lacs and Hinckley area along I-35 south of Duluth:

We’ll watch for shifts in forecast models Monday evening into early Tuesday. Forecast models Monday afternoon continue to show the rain-ice-snow transition zone along the I-94 corridor through the Twin Cities area. Here’s NOAA’s NAM 3 km model between noon Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday.

It still looks at this point like we’ll see a big snowfall range from southwest to northeast across the Twin Cites area. If the storm track shifts further south overnight we could see higher snowfall totals in the Twin Cities area.

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A potent Alberta Clipper brings heavy snow and winds to Minnesota Tuesday. Travel will be difficult, especially late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

Clipper parade: Winter storm warnings include northern Twin Cities

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