Sunday Snow At Times; Eighth Snowiest Snow Season In The Twin Cities

Heaviest snow today in northeastern Minnesota and NW Wisconsin

The Saturday snow tally at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 2.0 inches, bringing the official 2022-2023 Twin Cities snow season total to 80.0 inches.

This is now the eighth highest snow season in Twin Cities weather records:

Here’s how the top ten list looked before Saturday’s snow:

We could take over the seventh position later today.

Additional snow

A low pressure system will spin additional snow over much of Minnesota and Wisconsin today into this evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday:

Some areas could also see patchy freezing drizzle at times.

How much snow?

Snow amounts today and tonight will be highest in portions of northeastern Minnesota and into northern Wisconsin:

The Twin Cities metro area will see some periods of snow today, adding up to an inch or so, with higher amounts to the northeast and east:

Minnesota road conditions can be found here. Wisconsin road conditions can be found here.

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.

Warnings and advisories

Winter storm warnings continue today in north-central and northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

The winter storm warning ends at 7 p.m. today in north-central Minnesota but it continues until 1 a.m. Monday for Duluth and the North Shore:

Here are details of the winter storm warning that includes Duluth:

Here are details of the winter storm warning from Pine County of Minnesota into northwestern Wisconsin:

A winter weather advisory continues until 10 a.m. in portions of the north and east metro:

Here are details:

Winter weather advisories continue until 1 p.m. this Sunday in northwestern Minnesota:

Sunday temps

The average Twin Cities high temp is 40 degrees on March 12. Metro area highs are forecast to reach the lower 30s this Sunday.

Many areas will have Sunday highs in the 30s, with 20s in far western and far northern Minnesota:

Update

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:30 a.m. today. It will include a look at the week ahead.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

SOURCE: MPR news