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Quiet, colder weekend ahead; heavy snow in southeastern Minnesota
The late-February warmup is fading fast, with accumulating snow underway in southeastern Minnesota and colder air settling across the region.
Hovland got 38.6 inches of snow but fell short of Minnesota's all-time record
This week’s North Shore snow dump was a Minnesota record for any 24-hour period in February. But the storm fell short of the all-time state snowfall record from January 1994.
Here's how Lake Superior, terrain drive heavy snowfall on Minnesota’s North Shore
When winter storms move across northeastern Minnesota, snowfall totals along the North Shore are often higher than surrounding inland areas. The reason is a powerful combination of lake enhancement from Lake Superior and the areas orographic features.
As 1 storm system departs, another grazes southeastern Minnesota
Snow showers will wind down on the North Shore Thursday. Another system will graze southeast Minnesota and Wisconsin Thursday night. 
Blizzard, winter storm warnings continue north
Snow and wind continue north much of Wednesday. Scattered rain showers will turn to snow showers south. More snow is possible in parts of the state Thursday night. 
First of two winter storms moves in later Tuesday
Two winter storms are taking aim at Minnesota. The first storm affects mostly northern Minnesota Tuesday night with southern Minnesota impacted Thursday night.