Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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Our second storm of the week moves in with more snow Friday night through Saturday. It’s more wet snow in the north. It’s mostly rain with even a little thunder possible in the Twin Cities and the south.

Our first system has already dropped a swath of heavy wet snow in the north. Here are some select snowfall totals from across northern Minnesota, measured in inches:

Let’s break down the next system as we ride through Saturday. 

Another moisture-rich low-pressure system tracks from Iowa to near Chicago Saturday. It’s a cold rain in the south, but another zone of moderate to at times heavy snow will crawl across central and especially northern Minnesota Friday night through Saturday.

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

The heaviest snowfall zone favors northern Minnesota once again. (See the map at the top of the post.) Less snow will fall as you move south through a zone from Willmar through St. Cloud and Hinckley.

It’s mostly rain from the Twin Cities south. We could even have a few rumbles of thunder overnight into early Saturday especially south of the Twin Cities.

Winter storm warnings are in effect for most of northern Minnesota. Here are the 

National Weather Service details for northwestern Minnesota

 for northwestern Wisconsin with this system.

Glaze ice of one-half inch or more could bring down branches and power lines once again. Here’s the National Weather Service guidance:

The sun should come out Easter Sunday across most of Minnesota. Highs in the 40s will feel nice compared to the last few days.

Next week looks milder by Wednesday. Schedule your outdoor activities then if you can.

Hang in there, Minnesota. April gets better, eventually.

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Paul Huttner

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Our next weather maker brings more snow int he north. It’s mainly rain and some thunder in the south.

Twin Cities National Weather Service office

Good roads but plenty of snow around I-35 south of Duluth

More snow north: Winter storm warnings cover northern Minnesota

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