Bright and chilly Sunday, then Monday flakes; Coldest temps will be Wed. through Fri.

It’s great to see the sunshine today! Bright but cold is a good description of our Sunday.

Sunday afternoon highs will be in the single digits above zero in much of western and central Minnesota, with some teens elsewhere. Parts of the Twin Cities metro area will reach the lower teens. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 28 degrees this time of year.

Sunday afternoon wind chill temps will be in the teens below zero in much of western Minnesota, with a few 20s below zero. Eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have mainly single-digit below zero wind chills.

Temperature trends

Monday highs will be in the single digits across much of western and north-central Minnesota, with mainly teens elsewhere in Minnesota plus western Wisconsin:

Monday afternoon wind chill temps will be below zero to the west, and above zero elsewhere:

Back to forecast high temps, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 10 degrees on Tuesday, then around 4 degrees Wednesday and around 2 degrees above zero on Thursday and Friday.

Very cold wind chills

Some very cold wind chills are expected from Wednesday into Saturday.

Here are some minimum wind chill forecasts for eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota:

Here are wind chill details for northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

Here are minimum wind chill forecasts for several Minnesota and western Wisconsin locations:

Snow opportunities

Patchy areas of snow are expected to develop in Minnesota and western Wisconsin by late Monday morning. Snow is then likely to spread across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Monday afternoon and evening and linger into the overnight hours of Monday night.

.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential snow pattern from 8 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday:

Accumulations are expected to be around one inch in many areas by Monday night, but northern Minnesota could see some two-inch and higher totals.

Here is the NWS snow forecast for northwestern Minnesota:

Here’s the NWS snow forecast for northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

Note that some 4 to 6 inch totals are possible along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

There is also the potential for plowable snow in Minnesota and Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday night into early Thursday. Some forecast models bring a swath of heavy snow across the upper Midwest, but some models track that snow system much farther to the south, with the heavy snow missing Minnesota and most of Wisconsin. Check forecast updates as we get closer to Wednesday.

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

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. Saturday and Sunday.