Weather and Climate News

Weekend forecast: More snow Saturday afternoon into Sunday
We have an update on the heavy snow in parts of central and northern Minnesota and the wintry mix in the Twin Cities metro area. We also look at the snow that’s in our weekend forecast.
A wintry mess Thursday, then more snow this weekend
A strong storm hits Minnesota Thursday with rain, sleet and areas of heavy snow.  Then another round of snow and even colder temperatures move in over the weekend.
Winter storm warning: 9 inches possible for central Minnesota
By 7 a.m. Thursday, the snowy swath reaches into central Minnesota. By lunchtime, it’s snowing around Duluth. A wintry mix is possible in the Twin Cities, but the trend is for mostly rain in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota by afternoon.
After record snowfall, more snow on the way for northern Minn.
About 8 inches fell in the Twin Cities Tuesday — the second highest October daily snowfall ever recorded in the metro area, topped only by the Halloween blizzard of 1991 (yes, we have to mention the Halloween blizzard). It’ll be a relatively quiet Wednesday, with only isolated precipitation chances. Thursday: The snow returns in northern Minnesota.
Heavy snow shatters October records
Many locations from St. Cloud through southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities picked up more than 6 inches of snow.
Photos: First significant snowstorm could set records in Minnesota
The season’s first significant snowstorm of the year was dumping heavy amounts of precipitation in some areas of Minnesota and Wisconsin and causing slippery driving conditions in the Dakotas.