Updated weekend snow totals; a nice Sunday afternoon

The official weekend snow total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 5.6 inches. I’m seeing a lot of Twin Cities metro area reports closer to 3.5 to 4.5 inches.

Here are some additional snow totals received by mid-morning:

5.2 inches Waseca

5.0 St. James

4.5 New Ulm and Mankato

4.2 Carver

4.0 North St. Paul

3.9 Grand Marais

3.8 Richfield and Prior Lake

3.7 New Prague

3.6 Woodbury

3.5 Lakeville, Plymouth and Red Wing

3.4 International Falls

3.3 Redwood Falls

3.0 East Bethel

2.9 St. Cloud

Some Wisconsin weekend snow totals include: 3.7 inches at River Falls, 3.5 at Chippewa Falls and 2.6 at Menomonie.

The snow has ended, but there will be some additional snow reports coming in today. Snow totals will be plotted by the NWS here. You can click on any report at the linked site to get details on the snow amount, plus the location and time of observation. Be aware that some reports were taken Saturday evening, so those reports don’t include all of the snow that fell this weekend.

Here’s how the snow map looked this morning:

This fresh snow cover will be great for sledding, cross-country skiing or snowboarding!

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR network, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Minnesota road conditions can be found here. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.

Temperature trends

Sunday highs will be in the 20s in roughly the southeastern half of Minnesota, plus western Wisconsin. Winds will be fairly light in most areas, but it’ll be a bit breezy in northeastern Minnesota.

Monday highs range from the single-digits in northwestern Minnesota to the 20s southeast:

Monday afternoon wind gusts will be in the 14-20 mph range in much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Plotted wind gusts are in knots, with 13 knots equal to about 15 mph.

Back to temperatures, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 20 degrees on Monday, followed by lower 20s Tuesday and Wednesday and mid 20s on Thursday. We could reach the lower 30s on Friday.

Mild (for January) temps may be with us next weekend and into the start of the following week. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a tendency for above-normal temps in Minnesota and western Wisconsin from Jan. 29 through Feb. 2:

Dry for a few days

The Twin Cities metro area won’t see any big winter storms over the next several days. A Monday/Tuesday storm will affect portions of Iowa, southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern for Monday morning through Tuesday morning:

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.