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Weather across Minnesota remains active through Friday

The week ahead remains active with a few rounds of rain and snow possible and a potent storm impacting the state Thursday into Friday.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Monday stays gray with light rain and snow

Areas of light snow and rain are moving across Minnesota, and skies will remain mostly cloudy Monday.
by Nicole Mitchell

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After a quiet weekend of weather, an unsettled week is coming

After a quiet weekend of weather, an unsettled week is coming

A long period of benign weather will give way to an unsettled week. A swath of shovelable possibly plowable snow may be coming to Minnesota by about Thursday.
by Bill Endersen

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Pleasant March weather today; snow spreads across northern Minnesota Sunday night

Our Sunday afternoon temps will be a few degrees warmer that Saturday’s temps, and winds will be much lighter today. Snow spreads across much of northern Minnesota Sunday evening and overnight. We have details on the snow and the week ahead.
by Ron Trenda

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Temps rebound a bit on Sunday; Sunday night snow in northern Minnesota

Saturday was cool, but our temps will rebound a bit by Sunday afternoon. We have details on temperature trends and the snow that will be moving into northern Minnesota late on Sunday.
by Ron Trenda

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Cool Saturday, temps recover a bit on Sunday

High temps will be a bit cooler than average on Saturday, then the temps rebound on Sunday. far southern Minnesota could see a few Saturday flakes. We have your complete weekend forecast and a look at the week ahead.
by Ron Trenda

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Saturday highs a bit below average; some flakes southwest Minnesota

We’ll be on the cool side of average this Saturday, but it’ll be a dry day for most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We also have the latest snow cover map.
by Ron Trenda

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Why predicting COVID-19 is like forecasting with a broken weather model

Why predicting COVID-19 is like forecasting with a broken weather model

Accurately forecasting how the novel coronavirus will evolve in the U.S. is highly uncertain. One analogy is like forecasting an incoming storm with a broken weather forecast model.
by Paul Huttner

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Placid weekend coming; seasonable temperatures into next week

Placid weekend coming; seasonable temperatures into next week

A split flow pattern will persist into next week and keep the main storm tracks mostly to our south and north. Snow could fall across northernmost Minnesota from later on Sunday into Monday. Our temperatures between the tracks will be rather seasonable.
by Bill Endersen

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