Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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A mix of freezing drizzle and snow made many streets and highways slippery Saturday evening and overnight. The snow has ended in many areas, but patchy light snow showers are possible  Sunday morning, especially in Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota and eastern Iowa. The snow will linger into afternoon in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 

Parts of the Twin Cities metro area could see a few scattered light snow showers Sunday morning.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 8 a.m. Sunday through 5 p.m. Sunday:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

Updated forecast information will be posted by the National Weather Service offices in the 

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

The official snow total through 6 a.m. Sunday at MSP airport was 0.7 (seven-tenths) of an inch.  I measured one inch of new snow in St. Paul. The NWS office in Chanhassen tallied 0.8 of an inch, St. Cloud reported 0.4 of an inch.

Here are a few snow measurements from the 

Metro area totals ranged from 0.4 of an inch in Victoria and Long Lake to 1.5 inches in Oakdale.

If you go to the linked CoCoRaHS site, you can zoom to the desired location and you can use “map options” to plot snowfall.

Here’s a wider look at snow reports through 7: 40 a.m. Sunday:

Many more snow measurements will be posted this morning.

Snow reports from various sources are posted by the NWS 

.  You can zoom the linked map to get details of the snow report.

A winter weather advisory continues until 9 a.m. today in southeastern Minnesota and parts of Iowa and southern Wisconsin:

An advisory continues until noon in Ashland and Iron counties of northern Wisconsin:

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 25 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs will be closer to 30 Sunday afternoon.

Much of Minnesota will have Sunday highs in the 20s, with lower 30s in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

High temps on New Year’s Day will be mainly in the lower 30s:

We’ll see plenty of sunshine on the first day of 2024.

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.  

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Ron Trenda

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The cleanup from the snow and freezing drizzle of Saturday night will continue this morning. We have some snow totals and a look at our forecast.

Some snow reports; advisory continues in SE Minnesota

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