Temperatures will dip below freezing across the state Sunday night, with mostly clear skies. A dramatic warm-up is expected Monday, reaching the mid 60s with increasing southerly winds. Our next storm system will arrive Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing accumulating snow to the region.
After a busy weather day on Saturday, cooler and calmer conditions will settle in for Sunday. Temperatures will be slightly below the seasonal average, but warmer air will return by Monday. A new weather system is expected to develop midweek, bringing the potential for accumulating snowfall to portions of the state.
When severe weather hits the United States, there are ways people across the country can prepare for the potential impact of hail, rain, damaging winds and more. Tornadoes can take down power for thousands of people, cause catastrophic property damage and kill.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation reported heavy snow on roadways in the Brainerd, Grand Rapids and International Falls area. There were also icy roads in southern Minnesota, especially near Marshall.
Our recent storm system continues to push into Ontario, north of the Great Lakes region. Gusty winds continue Saturday night, but the precipitation has ended for most. Seasonal temperatures will return on Sunday, with temperatures in the 60s expected by Monday.
The threat of tornadoes is moving east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up dust storms that caused deadly crashes and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states.
Our spring storm system continues to bring a myriad of weather conditions, including blizzard warnings, gusty winds, freezing rain, heavy rain, and accumulating snow. Numerous warnings remain in effect statewide as this powerful system moves through.
We’ll see record warmth, potential lightning, thunder, wind and hail, and even a few tornadoes possible in parts of southern Minnesota Friday evening. Then heavy wind-driven snow and winds to 55 mph will cause blizzard conditions in western Minnesota by dawn Saturday.
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