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The next winter storm targets central and northeast Minnesota Thursday.

Our next wintry-weather-maker arrives Thursday. This one focuses on central Minnesota.

After record-setting snowfall Tuesday, another snowstorm is targeting Minnesota with heavy snow again on Thursday. 

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.

Many locations from St. Cloud through southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities picked up more than 6 inches of snow.

The season’s first major winter storm is here. The heaviest part of the storm moves through the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota this afternoon. Snowfall rates in the heaviest snow bands will reach an inch per hour.

Snow started falling in western Minnesota early Tuesday and will be spreading across the center of the state throughout the morning. For much of Minnesota, the snow will be heavy enough to set records.

Forecast models cranking out 3 to 8 inches across central and southern Minnesota.

The season's first significant snowfall accumulation arrives for many Minnesota locations Tuesday.

The week ahead turns very active with two big storms on the horizon, including a statewide snowstorm that hits Tuesday.