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Nice Tuesday before wet weather develops Wednesday into Friday

More snow for northern Minnesota, especially Thursday

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Forecast map for 7 a.m. Wednesday: showers south and a wintry mix north
National Weather Service

Tuesday will be the last sunny day for a while. Temperatures will range from 60 degrees south to just 40 in the Arrowhead. Showers and thunderstorms develop late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, the first of a few rounds of moisture. Snow will fall Thursday, north.

Nice Tuesday before rain, thunder develop

We’ll have abundant sunshine Tuesday with just some high clouds moving in Tuesday afternoon. High temperatures will range from 60 south to 40 in northeast Minnesota.

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Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
National Weather Service

The next storm moves slowly with a few rounds of moisture into Friday. Round one will come as scattered showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

That moisture will turn to a wintry mix in northern Minnesota as showers lift north. Another round of showers and thunder will develop south later in the day into Wednesday night.

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Forecast precipitation 7 p.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Wednesday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Rain turns to snow north

The final, prolonged round of precipitation will bring more showers south Thursday with precipitation turning to a wintry mix and snow in northern Minnesota through Friday.

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Forecast precipitation 1 a.m. Thursday through 1 p.m. Friday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

There could be some freezing rain and sleet as well as the potential for significant snowfall in northeastern Minnesota.

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Significant snow and some ice possible Thursday and Friday in northeastern Minnesota
National Weather Service

Several inches of snow is increasingly looking possible for northern Minnesota into northern Wisconsin Thursday into Friday. We’ll likely see some scattered rain and snow showers south Friday into Friday night but accumulations are unlikely for southern Minnesota.

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Forecast snowfall Wednesday through Friday
National Weather Service

Continued cool but dry next week

Temperatures look likely to remain below normal next week, mainly in the 50s south and 40s north.

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6 to 10 day temperature outlook
NOAA Climate Prediction Center

We also look to settle into a drier than normal pattern for several days into next week as well.

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6 to 10 day precipitation outlook
NOAA Climate Prediction Center