Breezy Saturday; accumulating snow for northern Minnesota

Northern Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin will have accumulating snow Saturday.

Here are forecast snow amounts for northwestern Minnesota:

The area within the hatched lines in northwestern Minnesota has a winter weather advisory today.

Here are details of the advisory:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 456 AM CST Sat Feb 5 2022 MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-060000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-220206T0000Z/ Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington- Red Lake-East Polk-North Clearwater-South Beltrami- Including the cities of Roseau, Warroad, Greenbush, Baudette, Newfolden, Middle River, Grygla, Red Lake, Redby, Ponemah, Thief River Falls, Red Lake Falls, Fosston, Fertile, McIntosh, Erskine, Bagley, Clearbrook, and Bemidji 456 AM CST Sat Feb 5 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Snow expected. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 5 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Widespread blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for North Dakota can be found at dot.nd.gov/travel and for Minnesota at 511mn.org, or by calling 5 1 1 in either state.

Northeastern Minnesota will see several inches of snow:

A winter weather advisory continues until 6 p.m. for north-central Minnesota and parts of the northeast, with the advisory running until 9 p.m. in Lake and Cook counties:

Here are details of the advisory in Cook and Lake counties:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Duluth MN 235 AM CST Sat Feb 5 2022 MNZ012-020-021-052200- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0005.220205T1400Z-220206T0300Z/ Northern Cook and Lake-Southern Lake-Southern Cook- Including the cities of Isabella, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, and Grand Marais 235 AM CST Sat Feb 5 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. * WHERE...Northern Cook and Lake, Southern Cook and Southern Lake Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Grand Portage Reservation. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 9 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. Road conditions can also be found at 511mn.org for Minnesota or 511wi.gov for Wisconsin.

Occasional light snow showers are possible in the Twin Cities metro area Saturday.

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.

Temps and winds

Saturday afternoon highs will range from the 30s in southwestern Minnesota to mainly teens in the far north:

Parts of the Twin Cities metro area will reach the mid to upper 20s. Saturday’s high temperature may occur around 5 or 6 p.m.

Wind gusts over 25 mph are expected at times in much of central and southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Forecast gusts are in knots, with 25 knots equal to 28.8 mph.

This Updraft blog will be updated by around 10:15 a.m., with a look at the forecast for Sunday and the week ahead.

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.