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Sharply colder temps on Friday; a chilly Saturday

Sharply colder temps on Friday; a chilly Saturday

The winter storm dropped 2.9 inches of snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Wednesday evening into Wednesday night. It was rain during the daylight hours of Thursday across most of the Twin Cities metro area, but many locations in northern and central Minnesota saw heavy snow. Moorhead, Minn. had a snowstorm total of 11 inches…
by Ron Trenda

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Heaviest snow western, central and northern Minn. into tonight; Metro rain to change to snow

Heaviest snow western, central and northern Minn. into tonight; Metro rain to change to snow

This winter storm dropped 2.9 inches of snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Wednesday evening into Wednesday night. It’s been raining during the daylight hours across most of the Twin Cities metro area, but there’s snow in parts of the far north metro. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory that includes…
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Heavy snow across western,central and northern Minn.; Rain for the Twin Cities today, changes to light snow overnight

Heavy snow across western,central and northern Minn.; Rain for the Twin Cities today, changes to light snow overnight

This winter storm has dropped 2.9 inches of snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The snow total is through 6 a.m., and 2.3 inches of that total was tallied by midnight Wednesday. Here are some other amounts: Snowfall totals as of 6 AM: MSP Airport: 2.9"Chanhassen NWS: 3.6"St. Cloud: 2.5"Eau Claire: 2.7"#mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/n2k8gADUQ0 —…
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Rain in metro area today, heavy snow continues in western, central and northern Minn.

Rain in metro area today, heavy snow continues in western, central and northern Minn.

The Wednesday evening snowfall total reached 2.3 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by midnight. They might have seen a bit of additional snow before it changed to rain around 1 a.m. Thursday. Many roads and sidewalks will be slushy this morning. We’ll have periods of rain in the metro area today, then rain becomes…
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Storm arrives; travel conditions will deteriorate

Storm arrives; travel conditions will deteriorate

The much-anticipated high-impact winter storm is on our doorstep late this Wednesday afternoon. Light snow has been falling on western Minnesota and tracking northeast. Radar shows snow poised to reach the Twin Cities Wednesday evening. Warnings and advisories A winter storm warning has been issued through noon on Friday for about the northwestern sixty percent…
by Bill Endersen

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Major winter storm targets Minnesota

Major winter storm targets Minnesota

A high-impact winter storm is heading northeast out of the Southern Plains toward Minnesota. Here is the nationwide picture of winter storm warnings: Snow has been tracking across Nebraska and is advancing toward southwestern Minnesota early this Wednesday morning. Snow will spread northeast across all of Minnesota on Wednesday. Travel conditions will deteriorate later in…
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Winter storm warnings begin Wednesday evening across much of Minnesota; metro area will see snow and rain

Winter storm warnings begin Wednesday evening across much of Minnesota; metro area will see snow and rain

Twin Cities metro area temperatures were in the upper 20s Christmas afternoon. It was much colder last Christmas in the Twin Cities, when our official high temp was only 4 degrees! Mild temps are on tap for Wednesday and Thursday, then colder air rushes in on Friday. Snowstorm update A strong low pressure system will…
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Winter storm warnings begin Wednesday evening in western and central Minnesota; snowstorm into early Friday for some

Winter storm warnings begin Wednesday evening in western and central Minnesota; snowstorm into early Friday for some

If you have some travel planned on Wednesday, you might want to get it done early. A storm system will spread snow into Minnesota, with heavy snow possible in much of western and central Minnesota Wednesday evening into Thursday, followed by lighter snow and strong winds. A winter storm warning begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday…
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Good travel weather for Christmas; winter storm will bring heavy snow to much of Minnesota late Wednesday into early Friday

Good travel weather for Christmas; winter storm will bring heavy snow to much of Minnesota late Wednesday into early Friday

Merry Christmas! The weather will cooperate with travel plans across Minnesota and Wisconsin today. There could be occasional snow flurries, but accumulating snow is not expected in most areas. Meteorologists call it a white Christmas when there’s one inch or more of snow cover on Christmas morning. With only a trace of snow on the ground at…
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Good travel through Christmas; major winter storm beginning on Wednesday

Good travel through Christmas; major winter storm beginning on Wednesday

Snowfall has been light for much of Minnesota so far this winter. MSP Airport has measured just 7.6 inches for the Twin Cities. These quiet conditions will continue from Christmas Eve through Christmas night. Weak disturbances will kick out just some patchy light snow Monday night and Tuesday, so over-the-roaders around the state should be…
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