Despite a historically warm winter and hardly any natural snowfall, organizers of the first World Cup cross-country ski race to be held in the U.S. in more than 20 years are moving ahead with the race scheduled for Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis next weekend.
Finishing up a trip to the Galapagos Islands, MPR News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard says there are signs the El Niño climate pattern that’s been delivering a historically warm winter to Minnesota may be preparing to break down.
Since the start of February, temperatures have been averaging nearly 25 degrees above normal in Minnesota. Climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley called it mind-boggling.
Cooler air has blown in from the west. Patchy light snow showers linger over northern Minnesota with flurries as far south as the Twin Cities area Friday morning.
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado was spotted just south of Madison, reportedly the first ever in the state of Wisconsin during the month of February.
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