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It’s a sloppy Tuesday out there around Minnesota. This morning’s icy accumulations linger especially north of the Twin Cities where temperatures are still in the 20s. Temperatures hung around the freezing mark with a mix of rain and ice in the Twin Cities.  

Several locations in central and northeastern Minnesota into Wisconsin reported icy accumulations Tuesday morning. Here’s a sampling of reports to the National Weather Service:

Temperatures to the southwest of Minnesota are much milder Tuesday afternoon with 50s as far north as Nebraska.

A milder Pacific air mass eases into Minnesota Wednesday. Highs Wednesday afternoon will reach the 40s in southwest Minnesota and be above freezing across most of our state.

Skies will be mostly cloudy, but if we break into any significant sunshine in the Twin Cities Wednesday afternoon we’ll have no trouble reaching the 40-degree mark.

Forecast models favor a significant rain event across Iowa and Wisconsin late Thursday into Friday. It looks cold enough for snow on the northwest edge of the system as it passes over southeastern Minnesota into Friday.

Right now, it appears the snow edge will track just southeast of the Twin Cities but it’s close enough to keep an eye on for any shift north.

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model shows the latest storm track between noon Thursday and midnight Friday.

The European model snowfall output favors a zone of 1 to 3 inches across southeastern Minnesota with heavier totals into northeastern Wisconsin by Friday morning.

Right now, the weekend looks colder with occasional bouts of light snow and flurries Saturday. 

We could cobble together a couple of inches of snow by Sunday morning around most of Minnesota as the colder air squeezes out residual moisture.

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Paul Huttner

Author

Milder temperatures ahead by Wednesday afternoon. A storm system will likely bring accumulating snow to southeast Minnesota Thursday into Friday.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Oklahoma Mesonet

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday around southern Minnesota

January thaw ahead, then colder with some snow late this week

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