Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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The Twin Cities National Weather Service office has added the northern Twin Cities to the 

Heavier snow bands have been dumping higher snowfall totals just north of the Twin Cities. 

Our Valentine’s Day storm has delivered the season’s biggest snowfall across parts of central and southern Minnesota. 

It’s still snowing across most of the southern half of Minnesota as of this post time. Already we’re getting reports of moderate to heavy snow, and the totals are piling up especially west of the Twin Cities.

Here are some early snowfall reports with snow still in progress. 

. It will be updated as additional snowfall totals are reported overnight. 

Forecasts of a band of 2 to 6 inches look like they will verify Wednesday night across much of central and southern Minnesota. If anything it looks like snowfall may be heavier on the northern end south of St. Cloud.

Roads will go from slushy to ice overnight as temperatures continue to fall below freezing. Highs Thursday under sunshine will hover mostly in the 20s with teens north. 

Our newfound snow won’t last long it appears. Highs in the 40s are likely as soon as next Monday.

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model is cranking out highs around 50 degrees for the Twin Cities early next week.

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