Brighter on Sunday; rain and snow Sunday night and Monday

Our latest Minnesota snowstorm dropped some impressive snow amounts on parts of southern Minnesota.

A Saturday afternoon screen capture of the National Weather Service's interactive snow map showed many spots with eight or more inches of new snow from southern Minnesota through northern and eastern Iowa:

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NWS Twin Cities

A few spots in northern Iowa saw 16 inches of snow.

Among the highest Minnesota snow totals was the 13.5 inch report from the small city of Lucan, in Redwood county:

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NWS Twin Cities

Snow reports include 9.6 inches in Redwood Falls, 10.3 inches in Marshall and 8.1 inches in Windom.  An observer in Mankato measured 4 inches of new snow, but Lake Crystal (about 12 miles southwest of Mankato) listed 7 inches. St. James came in with 11 inches, Blue Earth had 9 inches of new snow and Albert Lea reported 10 inches.

If you go to the NWS interactive map on Sunday, click on the "last 48 hours" tab in the upper left, because some snow reports will be more than 24 hours old by Sunday morning.

You can click on any data point to get the time and location of the snowfall measurement.

The NWS will also post lists of snow reports from time to time.

Next chance of rain or snow

Parts of northwestern Minnesota will see some snow on Sunday, possibly mixed with some light freezing rain at times:

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NWS Grand Forks, ND

A mix of rain and snow is expected to spread across much of Minnesota Sunday night, and continue on Monday.

Some spots could also have a bit of freezing rain Sunday night and Monday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Sunday through Monday:

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NOAA NAM simulated radar from Sunday through Monday evening, via tropicaltidbits

The color chart to the right of the loop refers to the strength of the signal that returns to the radar, not to the amount of rain or snow.

There will probably be some snow accumulations Sunday night and Monday, especially over central and northern Minnesota:

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NWS Twin Cities

Updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio Network, and you can also see weather updates on the MPR news live weather blog.

Temperature trends

Highs are expected to be in the 30s in western Minnesota on Sunday.  Eastern Minnesota will probably reach the lower 40s, with some spots in the Twin Cities metro area topping out in the middle 40s.

Highs on Monday will range from the 30s west and north to the lower 40s southeast:

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Twin Cities metro area highs are expected to reach the lower 40s on Monday, followed by middle 40s on Tuesday, upper 40s Wednesday and lower 40s on Thursday.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:49 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.