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

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I’m getting that holiday feeling these days. The weather maps keep a wintry touch on the weekend, but a major pattern change next week will send another gush of mild Pacific air into Minnesota.

In the meantime, we deal with a light wintry mix across much of Minnesota Friday night into early Saturday. 

On the map below, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s latest High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows the system between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday.

Winter weather advisories are up for far northeastern and northwestern Minnesota. Here’s the National Weather Service bulletin:

Here’s the advisory from northwestern Minnesota:

The Twin Cites and the rest of Minnesota will see a light wintry mix of snow, sleet and some freezing drizzle overnight into early Saturday. 

Highs this weekend will be mostly in the 20s.

A warm front blowing into Minnesota Monday morning may trigger some light snow, but after that it’s all mild weather news next week. Another gush of mild Pacific air will push temperatures to 20 degrees warmer than normal once again.

Highs Monday and again in the day surrounding Christmas look likely to reach or exceed 40 degrees in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. 

A few models crank out 50s for southwestern Minnesota on Christmas Day!

Overall, travel looks good next week after Monday morning’s snow chance. We can always get some fog late at night and in the mornings that can lead to icy roads. Keep an eye out for that on untreated surfaces next week.

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Paul Huttner

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