Areas of light snow Saturday; much colder late next week
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Light snow continues to fall from central to northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin this Saturday morning. Meanwhile, areas of light snow have been entering western Minnesota.
Winter weather advisories for additional snow accumulations remain in effect for north central Minnesota including Grand Rapids, Big Fork and International Falls until 6 p.m. Saturday and for northeastern Minnesota including Duluth, Hibbing, Ely, Isabella, Grand Marais and Grand Portage until 6 a.m. Sunday. Parts of the previous winter weather advisory package, farther to the west, were dropped at around 10 a.m. Saturday.
The cold front spreading light snow into western Minnesota will weaken a bit as it tracks eastward across the state. Light snow from the front should reach the Twin Cities area with a dusting Saturday evening.
High temperatures on Saturday will be mainly in the 20s across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The Twin Cities and parts of southwestern Minnesota could reach the low 30s. Winds will remain light.
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Quiet Sunday
Sunday will be a quiet, cooler day behind that cold front. The persistent low clouds will be slow to depart but we might get lucky and get some partly sunny periods.
High temperatures should range from the teens northwest to around 30 in the southeast. The Twin Cities should hit about 26.
Stormy week coming across the country with storm tracks to our south
Winter storms with abundant moisture will form in the vicinity of the southern Rocky Mountains and spread northeastward across the country a few times during the upcoming week. Forecast models keep most of the snow well to our south.
Monday could bring a weak impulse with light snow for Minnesota.
Later that day and into Tuesday, a major storm will track from the Texas Panhandle toward the Chicago area. Southern Minnesota might pick up a little snow as the northern edge of the storm grazes the state.
A more potent storm seems likely to develop later in the week for Friday and Saturday and again spread snow from the Texas Panhandle northeast. That storm might track a bit farther north. If it does so, it would be likely to bring significant snow to much of Wisconsin and possibly plowable snow to eastern Minnesota.
Much colder by the end of next week and beyond
The coldest air of the season will continue to build across Canada. By later next week, that sharp cooldown will push south into the northern Great Plains and advance slowly to the southeast.
High temperatures are likely to be just in the single digits across western and northern Minnesota later in the week while the Twin Cities will likely see highs in the mid to upper teens. Next Saturday looks like a much chillier Saturday than what we are experiencing this week.
Forecast models keep pouring Canadian air into the U.S. for at least a couple weeks. The eight to 14-day temperature outlook for Jan. 13-19 — that’s the seven days beginning next Saturday — certainly looks frosty.
