Areas of fog Sunday night/early Monday; Mild temps Monday, with snow showers possible
Colder temps next weekend and beyond
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It’s a bit murky out there.
Fog will linger across much of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night into early Monday. Some areas will see dense fog.
A dense fog advisory continues Sunday evening and overnight Sunday night from portions of west-central Minnesota southeastward into south-central Minnesota:
Here are details of the dense fog advisory:
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 306 PM CST Sun Jan 22 2023 MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-065>067-074>076-082>085-092-093-230515- /O.NEW.KMPX.FG.Y.0005.230122T2106Z-230123T1200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Pope-Stearns-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Renville-McLeod-Sibley- Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Glenwood, St Cloud, Willmar, Litchfield, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 306 PM CST Sun Jan 22 2023 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 6 AM CST Monday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS...With temperatures below freezing, some accumulation of ice on roadways will be possible. Use caution if driving and be alert for icy patches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
The NWS could add additional counties to the dense fog advisory as we go through Sunday night.
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.
You can check Minnesota road conditions here.
Monday flake chance
Parts of northwestern Minnesota will see some light snow late Sunday night, then the chance of snow will expand across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the daylight hours of Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 5 a.m. Monday to 10 p.m. Monday:
The Twin Cities metro area could see a few light snow showers Monday afternoon. Some periods of snow are also possible in the metro area on Wednesday and Thursday night into Friday.
Temperature trends
Monday highs are expected to reach the lower 30s in many locations, including the Twin Cities:
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 23 degrees this time of year.
Tuesday highs will be mainly in the 20s:
Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by lower 20s Thursday and upper 20s on Friday. Twin Cities metro area highs will retreat to the teens next weekend.
Much of the upper Midwest could see below-normal temps during the last couple days of January and into the beginning of February, according to the NWS Climate Prediction Center:
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