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Cold, breezy with scattered snow and rain showers Friday

Cold, breezy with scattered snow and rain showers Friday

Snow and rain showers will continue to rotate around a slow moving low across northern Minnesota. Temperatures will remain cold in the 30s and low 40s with blustery northwest winds at 10-20 mph. The chill persists into the weekend.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Heavy snow for northern Minnesota into Friday; rain, snow showers south

Heavy snow for northern Minnesota into Friday; rain, snow showers south

A wintry blast of heavy snow and strong winds will spread into northern Minnesota Thursday afternoon and linger into Friday. We have an update on snow totals plus the rain elsewhere in Minnesota that will transition to flakes by Friday.
by Ron Trenda

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Snow north, rain showers south; it's now Duluth's snowiest season ever

Snow north, rain showers south; it's now Duluth's snowiest season ever

Rain, ice and snow continue to rotate around our slow moving storm system Thursday. Snow accumulations will be confined to the northern half of Minnesota with mainly rain showers south. More snow showers, mixed with rain, south will persist into Friday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Rain, thunder, ice, snow through Thursday

Rain, thunder, ice, snow through Thursday

Our next storm rolls in through Thursday into Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Next storm brings more rain south and heavy snow and ice north

Next storm brings more rain south and heavy snow and ice north

It’s awkward to talk about “winter” storms as we move deeper into spring, but winter best describes the type of weather that will occur across the Northland Thursday and Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Waves of moisture into Friday; snow for northern Minnesota

Waves of moisture into Friday; snow for northern Minnesota

The first of multiple rounds of precipitation is moving across the region. We’ll see somewhat of a midday break before more showers develop in southern Minnesota and fill in, moving north. A wintry mix will become mostly snow in northern Minnesota Thursday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Rain, thunder, snow for swaths of Minnesota Wednesday through Friday

The first wave rolls through southwest Minnesota around and after midnight. Rain and embedded thunder likely arrive in the greater Twin Cities area from around 4 a.m.
by Paul Huttner

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More rain and thunder ahead; more snow up north

A band of showers with possible embedded thunder develops in South Dakota and rolls into Minnesota overnight into Wednesday. Snow comes Thursday to northern Minnesota, with potentially plowable accumulations through Friday.
by Paul Huttner

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Nice Tuesday before wet weather develops Wednesday into Friday

Nice Tuesday before wet weather develops Wednesday into Friday

Tuesday will be the last sunny day for a while. Temperatures will range from 60 degrees south to just 40 in the Arrowhead. Showers and thunderstorms develop late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, the first of a few rounds of moisture. Snow will fall Thursday, north.
by Sven Sundgaard

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