Wintry mix Thursday night, another storm Friday

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We got off lucky with storm No. 1 Thursday across most of Minnesota. Temperatures dipped at the freezing mark for a couple of hours around the Twin Cities and a light coating of glaze was recorded in many areas. 

Warm pavement helped keep roads mostly wet, and road treatments work well at these temperatures. 

But farther east into Wisconsin, widespread ice and tree damage occurred from Menomonie eastward into central Wisconsin. 

Our next system arrives Friday and Saturday. It looks warm enough for rain in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota, but snow will fall once again across the north. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km model shows the evolution of the system between 7 a.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday:

Snowfall trends still favor heavier snow in the northern parts of Minnesota through Saturday. Winter storm warnings are up for most of northwestern Minnesota and will likely expand eastward again by Friday.

Here’s the National Weather Service guidance:

Travel by Easter Sunday looks much better. Highs will reach the 40s under sunnier skies across most of Minnesota Sunday afternoon. 

It does look like we’ll warm up by the middle of next week. Highs in the 60s south return by Wednesday.

Spring looks like it will bloom with milder temperatures in the next couple weeks.

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Paul Huttner

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