Metro area snow should begin by late morning and continue through the afternoon and well into the evening. Something around 3 inches should fall by late afternoon with about another inch expected in the evening. Read more →
MPR News Weather and its underlying science
By Bill Endersen
bendersen@mpr.orgMuch snow melted over the weekend. That was just the beginning of the problem across many areas. The meltwater refroze into glare ice Sunday night as temperatures fell below freezing. Freezing drizzle and light freezing rain added more ice. The Monday morning commute was quite the icy mess with many crashes and spinouts. In the Read more →
The atmosphere is going to be jittery this week. A fairly weak disturbance will spread a bit of snow across mainly the southern half of Minnesota on Tuesday. The Twin Cities area might pick up 2 or 3 inches of fresh snow. Read more →
Expect Twin Cities temperatures to fall to around 15 below by late afternoon. Wind chills around the state will be in the minus 30s and minus 40s all day while the northwest corner will be in the minus 50s. Read more →
Monday evening weather headlines: Alberta clipper laid down a fresh blanket of snow to radiate heat to space Dangerously cold and sometimes windy weather is coming our way Tuesday through Thursday Twin Cities temperatures will be our coldest in 23 years; record lows are possible Saturday will feel balmy Now let’s dig a little deeper Read more →
Low temperatures on both Wednesday and Thursday mornings are likely to range from from about 25 below in the south to around 40 below in the north. The Twin Cities could be down around 28 below on both days. Read more →
January has returned from its sabbatical. Temperatures dropped down to a seasonable range or colder for most of Minnesota Wednesday morning. International Falls reported a chilly 22 degrees below zero before 6 a.m. The Twin Cities area fell into the upper single digits. Bare-ground areas such as the Twin Cities would be colder if there Read more →
While the forecast Arctic air has arrived, persistent clouds Friday night provided a blanket that kept temperatures from plummeting in some areas. The Twin Cities remained cloudy and had a low temperature of 10 degrees up to 9 a.m. Saturday morning. The clouds also dropped a dusting of light snow; just enough to hide the ice, Read more →
The much-anticipated high-impact winter storm is on our doorstep late this Wednesday afternoon. Light snow has been falling on western Minnesota and tracking northeast. Radar shows snow poised to reach the Twin Cities Wednesday evening. Warnings and advisories A winter storm warning has been issued through noon on Friday for about the northwestern sixty percent Read more →
A high-impact winter storm is heading northeast out of the Southern Plains toward Minnesota. Here is the nationwide picture of winter storm warnings: Snow has been tracking across Nebraska and is advancing toward southwestern Minnesota early this Wednesday morning. Snow will spread northeast across all of Minnesota on Wednesday. Travel conditions will deteriorate later in Read more →