Snowy into early Friday AM

Round one of our current snow-fest continues into early Friday morning. NOAA's NAM 12-km resolution model shows our overnight snow tapering off Friday morning.

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NOAA via tropical tidbits.

Plowable

Snowfall forecasts through Friday morning remain pretty similar to what we've been saying for a few days now. A widespread area of 2" to 5" will fall, with some locally heavier totals. Some local 6"+ totals are possible from the Twin Cities through Duluth and the North Shore.

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Friday AM rush impacts

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Friday AM rush will be a challenge. My personal observation driving home from MPR tonight is this snow at warmer temperatures is a little more "sticky" than what we've seen the past few weeks at colder temperatures. Better traction for driving, but tougher to shovel with the higher water content.

Weekend snow blitz

We're still on track for another shot of potentially heavy snow this weekend. To my eye, tonight's late evening model runs bump this NWS snowfall axis just a bit southeast of the map depiction below.

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Remember you can see the latest minute-by-minute update here on our MPR severe weather live blog.

Be careful out there!