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A snow-slickened morning to begin March
A weekend warmup remains on the agenda. High temperatures should reach the 50s on Saturday and especially Sunday over about the southern half of the state. The north will see a lot of snow-melting 40s.
Periods of snow into early Wednesday; March outlook
Meteorologists refer to December through February as “meteorological winter”, because those are the three coldest months of the year in the northern hemisphere. The Twin Cities metro area was warmer than normal all three months of this meteorological winter, which ends at midnight Tuesday. The bitterly cold winter that was forecast by some pundits didn’t materialize for…
Mild temperatures and weak weather impulses
Some accumulating snow is likely across mainly southern Minnesota later tonight and on Wednesday. The Twin Cities might receive a dusting of snow at most while a couple inches could fall south of the metro.
Periods of rain southern MN, snow to the north
When the snowstorm shifted south last Friday, it allowed our February snowfall total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to stay at three-tenths of an inch. If we don’t see any additional snow at the airport by midnight on Tuesday, we’ll tie the Twin Cities record for the lowest February monthly snowfall total, set in 1894. “Misery Index” unchanged It’s…
Milder Sunday temps; rain/snow mix on Tuesday
One week ago, we were talking about record warm temperatures in Minnesota. In the Twin Cities, we were in the middle of a 6 day stretch where we set 4 new record high temps and also tied another record high (Feb. 18). February 17th-22nd will go down in record books as one of the warmest…
Snowcover view from space; forecast model review
We all know that Friday’s snowstorm was a big deal in southern Minnesota, but a no-show in most of the Twin Cities metro area. Some parts of the south and east metro had minor snow accumulations on Friday, but most of the metro area didn’t see any snow. The view from space this Saturday morning…
Blizzard warning southern Minn., advisory southeast metro today
Heavy snow moved through southern Minnesota overnight, and some additional accumulations are expected today. Strong winds will combine with the snow to cause very low visibilities and difficult travel conditions in southern Minnesota today. A blizzard warning remains in effect for southwestern and south-central Minnesota until midnight, and until 6 a.m. Saturday for southeastern Minnesota: Some…