Weather and Climate News

St. Paul, Minneapolis lift parking restrictions
Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are lifting their winter parking restrictions starting Wednesday at 8 a.m. 
Messy rain-snow system on track Thursday through Friday night
While it’s early, the Canadian model shows a trend toward mostly rain for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota Thursday into Friday, with a potential shot of snow as the system sweeps by through Friday night. There may also be a little thunder with this system.
Snow showers north Tuesday; snow, rain, thunder Thursday into Saturday
Northern Minnesota gets a fresh coating of snow Tuesday. Wednesday’s colder statewide with subfreezing highs. Rain, snow and even thunder develop late Thursday into Saturday.
Snow showers will spread across northern and central Minnesota Tuesday with potential snow squalls in northeast Minnesota. Temperatures will be colder Wednesday. A larger storm brings rain and snow Thursday into Saturday.
25 years after tornadoes tumbled southern Minnesota, residents still carry the lessons learned
It’s been 25 years since a tornado outbreak devastated several southern Minnesota communities, killing two people, and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. The lessons and stories the destruction left behind still have an impact on those who witnessed the storms and rebuilt their lives afterward. 
Next rain-snow chance lurks Thursday into Saturday
Chilled sunshine through Wednesday. Then another rain and snow chance.
Flood watch silver lining: Slow thaw easing snow melt runoff, so far
The frequent freeze-thaw cycles mean the 2 to 7 inches of water that were trapped in the snow cover are releasing more slowly into area rivers, and that may be slightly easing our significant flood risk this spring.