Quiet weather here; blizzard continues in New England Sat. night

Saturday was a pleasant late-January day. Our Twin Cities high temp was 27 degrees, which is 3 degrees above our average Jan. 29 high temp. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin had highs in the 20s, with 30s in southwestern Minnesota and parts of south-central Minnesota. The weather was much more active along the East Coast.

Blizzard conditions along the East Coast

A mix of winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings continue into Saturday night from Long Island, New York through much of New England:

There are already many reports from eastern Massachusetts of one to two feet of snow from this storm, and there have been several wind gust reports of 50-75 mph.

Here are some Saturday storm videos from eastern Massachusetts:

The storm will gradually lift off to the northeast later Saturday night into early Sunday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 p.m. EST Saturday to 6 a.m. EST Sunday:

NWS updates on the winter storm can be found at the weather.gov site.

Minnesota snow chances?

Northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin could see scattered light snow showers or flurries Saturday night and Sunday. Central Minnesota has a chance of scattered flurries Sunday afternoon, and a passing flurry is also possible in the metro area late on Sunday.

There is the potential for accumulating snow in northern Minnesota Monday evening into early Tuesday. NOAA’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Monday to noon Tuesday:

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

Temperature trends

Sunday highs will be in the 20s from southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin, with teens over northern Minnesota:

Winds will be fairly light on Sunday.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 30s on Monday. Our Twin Cities temp may be in the upper 20s at 1 or 2 in the morning on Tuesday, followed by falling temps. We’ll probably be in the teens during most of the daylight hours of Tuesday. Arctic chill will be with us on Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the single-digits, followed by lower teens on Friday.

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.