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Temperatures remain below normal today and tomorrow. More light snow is possible Saturday. Milder air moves in early next week with a few more precipitation chances.

Colder air departs this weekend with more chances of precipitation 

It’s a cold start early Friday and it will be another below normal day with highs mostly in the teens. We should see brighter conditions with partly cloudy skies and dry weather for most after three consecutive days of measurable, light snowfall. 

Yet another fast moving clipper system will deliver some light snow showers to mainly northern Minnesota Friday night into Saturday. We’ll see a few light snow showers in central and southern Minnesota. 

Snowfall will be under 1 inch even in northern Minnesota where the light snow showers will be more numerous. 

Over the course of the last several days, each of these light snows have added up. Many areas in eastern and northern Minnesota have seen these light snows add up to 1 inch or more. Parts of northeast and northwest Minnesota have even seen 2 to 4 inches over the last three days. 

The pattern remains active into early next week with a couple more systems moving through, but with the arrival of milder air they won’t necessarily be all snow. The next system delivers snow to northern Minnesota where several inches are possible along the North Shore with a potential wintry mix south Sunday. Then southern Minnesota could see a mix of rain and snow showers Tuesday.

Confidence in the precipitation type forecast is low, but some models are hinting at possible ice accumulation in central and southern Minnesota with mostly snow north. 

Temperatures by early next week will be back above freezing in southern Minnesota also and remain there much of the week.

Overall the pattern is milder next week but still active. In addition to the Sunday and Tuesday systems we could see a wintry mix develop yet again Thursday of next week too. 

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Sven Sundgaard

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Temperatures remain below normal today and tomorrow. More light snow is possible Saturday. Milder air moves in early next week with a few more precipitation chances. 

Chilly Friday but milder next week with more precipitation chances

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