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Chilly Friday; Sunday snow update
Friday afternoon highs will be in the single digits above zero in much of western Minnesota, with some teens to the east. The Twin Cities metro area will top out in the mid teens. Saturday highs will be mainly in the teens, with some lower 20s southeast.
Some flakes as winds pick up this afternoon; cold sunshine tomorrow
What a comeback! Two weeks ago our season snowfall total was running about eighteen inches below normal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. After setting a record for the snowiest first twelve days of Feb. in the Twin Cities, we’re now 2.3 inches above normal for this point in the snow season: By the way, it…
Cold front Thursday; hints of a thaw late next week?
Meteorologists call it warm advection. Milder air blows in horizontally from Iowa overnight. Temperatures will actually rise into the 20s overnight instead of falling off as usual. The milder air rides in ahead of an Arctic front sailing south across Minnesota Thursday. The front hits the Twin Cities around midday. Gusty northwest winds and colder temperatures follow. A…
More snow to shovel and plow Monday evening into Tuesday; which commutes are affected?
This idea might catch on: My daughter’s neighbor in St. Paul, MN builds robots. He built this remote controlled snow blower and did all the driveways on her block. pic.twitter.com/xFjMdSNaoV — Mike Wiz (@MikeWiz60) February 10, 2019 We’ll have a couple of additional snow events this week. Sunday fluff Sunday’s snow had a high snow-to-water…