Blustery south-southeast winds will push temperatures higher Tuesday but also create some snow showers for northern Minnesota, with most places seeing a coating to one-half inch. Colder air returns Wednesday and Thursday.
The cold, arctic air is still clinging onto far northeastern Minnesota early Tuesday. Temperatures are in the 20s below zero for some spots. Most of us are considerably warmer with teens in the south and a strong southeast wind already blowing at 15-20 mph.
An annual rite of approaching spring in the Upper Midwest gets underway this week, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins measuring the ice thickness on the Mississippi River at Lake Pepin.
Minnesota sees high temperatures Monday afternoon in the teens in the south and single digits north, about 10 degrees below normal. Tuesday highs will reach the low 30s in much of southern Minnesota with upper teens to 20s up north. Weather-wise, it’ll be a quiet week.
Skies are clearing in the wake of Sunday evening’s snowfall. We picked up about one inch (officially 1.1 inches in the Twin Cities). Watch for some slick areas as temperatures are still pretty cold; mainly single digits.
The cold air is entrenched over us, and much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see some snow Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening. We have the forecast details, plus a look at the week ahead.
Very cold air will linger through today, and snow will move across Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin later this afternoon and this evening. We have the details.
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