Breezy and cool Saturday; Tuesday snow potential
Minnesota jumped right into winter on Friday, with very strong winds and heavy snow in many locations.
The official Twin Cities snowfall total was only .3 of an inch at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and .8 of an inch at the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen.
St. Cloud reported 4.1 inches of snow on Friday, and Duluth came in with 6.5 inches.
Much higher totals came in from other spots in Minnesota:
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The two highest totals were near Orr (in St. Louis county) and Leader (in Cass county).
Here are some more Minnesota snowfall totals, from the Grand Forks NWS office:
And additional snow totals, from the Twin Cities NWS office:
Those are impressive snow totals over central and northern Minnesota, especially for the first storm of the season!
Breezy Saturday
The strong low pressure system that gave us our Friday snow will move slowly away today, but we'll have a breezy Saturday.
A high pressure system will move in tonight and linger through Sunday:
Winds will be much lighter on Sunday.
Below normal
Highs will be below normal over all of Minnesota today, with 20s to the north and slightly above 30 to the southeast:
This will be the first day this month with a cooler than normal high temp in the Twin Cities!
Sunday's highs will be slightly milder:
Sunday will feel warmer, with light winds and plenty of sunshine.
Tuesday snow
Computer models show a low pressure system passing to our south on Tuesday, moving to the east-northeast Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Here is the low position at noon on Tuesday, according to NOAA's Global Forecast System model:
We could see a mix of rain and snow over southern Minnesota Tuesday, with mostly snow to the north. The mix in the south could change to all snow Tuesday night and continue into early Wednesday.
Here's a summary from the Twin Cities NWS office:
We'll keep you updated as we get closer to Tuesday!
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.