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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Sven Sundgaard

Windy, bright Monday; snow lingers northeast; next storm arrives Wednesday

Below-normal temperatures will persist through the week

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Forecast wind gusts Monday
National Weather Service

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Snow continues in Lake and Cook counties in northeastern Minnesota Monday. Most of southern and western Minnesota will see sun. Gusty northwest winds will blow at 15-30 mph. Rain develops Wednesday, part of a large storm system.

Windy Monday; sun south; Arrowhead snow

Snow continues in the arrowhead along the north and south shores of Lake Superior with blizzard and winter storm warnings through Monday.

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Blizzard and winter storm warnings around Lake Superior Monday
National Weather Service

Additional snowfall of several inches is possible in some spots.

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Forecast additional snowfall Monday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

The snow over the weekend put Duluth just a few tenths of an inch from tying its seasonal snowfall record, 135.4 inches.

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Top seasonal snowfall totals for Duluth, updated after this weekend's snow
Sven Sundgaard, National Weather Service data

The highest winds Monday will be near Lake Superior. Statewide, we’ll have quite a bit of wind at 15-25 mph with gusts of 30-40 mph, and up to 50 mph along the North Shore. High temperatures will range from just the 30s north to the low 50s in southwestern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Monday
National Weather Service

Tuesday will bring sunshine statewide with lighter winds. We’ll still be a bit below normal but temperatures will be the warmest of the week.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

Next slowly moving storm comes at a bad time

We’re in a really critical time as many of our rivers will be cresting this week or into the upcoming weekend. River gauges are high most everywhere.

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Many river gauges are reporting high river levels with many of them cresting this week or by the weekend
National Weather Service

The big increase in river levels is a result of the rapid melt of last week but also additional moisture that’s fallen. We have a large, slow-moving storm system moving in Wednesday with lingering effects into Saturday.

Most will see mainly rain Wednesday with some snow north, but there will be a better chance of accumulating snow Thursday in northeastern Minnesota.

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Forecast precipitation 10 p.m. Tuesday through 1 p.m. Thursday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

All of our high rivers are going to be sensitive to precipitation and we’re in for potentially 1 to 2 inches of additional liquid equivalent precipitation across a large area.

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Forecast total precipitation this week into the weekend
NOAA Weather Prediction Center

Temperatures will also remain cooler than normal through the week into the weekend.