Chilly Sunday; Periods of snow or a mix, with the heaviest snow in northern Minnesota

The Saturday sunshine was nice, however our temperatures had been chilly for mid-April.

The excessive temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport Saturday afternoon was 43 levels. That’s nicely shy of our common April 16 excessive of 57 levels.

Temperature tendencies

Sunday highs shall be within the 30s in a lot of northern Minnesota, with 40s to the south and likewise in western Wisconsin:

Sunday afternoon wind gusts shall be over 25 mph in components of far western Minnesota:

Plotted forecast gusts are in knots, with 20 knots equal to 23 mph.

Again to temperatures, Twin Cities metro space highs are projected to be within the decrease 40s on Monday, adopted by mid 40s Tuesday and decrease 50s Wednesday. It warms up much more after that, with Thursday highs within the higher 50s, adopted by mid 60s on Friday.

Rain and snow potential

A low stress system is predicted to unfold snow throughout a lot of western Minnesota throughout the morning hours of Sunday. The precipitation space is prone to broaden eastward Sunday afternoon and night, altering to a rain/snow combine in lots of areas (together with the Twin Cities), then the combo will transition again to largely snow Sunday night time.

The Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Excessive-Decision Fast-Refresh (HRRR) mannequin reveals the potential precipitation sample from 7 a.m. Sunday to midday on Monday:

NOAA’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast mannequin reveals extra in depth protection, with much less of a mixture and extra snow, throughout that very same time interval:

How a lot snow?

Some spots northern Minnesota might see a number of inches of snow Sunday and Sunday night time. Right here’s the snow outlook for northwestern Minnesota plus North Dakota:

Areas close to Lake Superior might additionally see some heavier snow, particularly Sunday night into Monday morning:

A winter storm watch begins at 7 p.m. on Sunday and runs 1 p.m. Monday within the portion of Minnesota throughout the yellow define on the graphic. Listed below are particulars of the winter storm watch:

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE Nationwide Climate Service Duluth MN 247 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022 MNZ020-021-170800- /O.NEW.KDLH.WS.A.0008.220418T0000Z-220418T1800Z/ Southern Lake-Southern Prepare dinner- Together with the cities of Two Harbors, Silver Bay, and Grand Marais 247 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022 …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Heavy snow potential. Complete snow accumulations of 5 to eight inches potential. * WHERE…Southern Lake and Southern Prepare dinner Counties. This consists of the Tribal Lands of the Grand Portage Reservation. * WHEN…From Sunday night by Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS…Journey may very well be very troublesome. The hazardous situations might impression the morning commute. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Snowfall charges could exceed 1 inch per hour at instances late Sunday night into early Monday morning. This may increasingly result in very low visibilities and roads turning into shortly snow lined. The heaviest snow is predicted alongside the upper elevations of the North Shore away from Lake Superior.

The Twin Cities metro space can count on lower than one inch of snow late Sunday by Sunday night time, and components of the metro space may see only a coating of snow on grassy areas. The metro space might additionally see a little bit of rain and snow Tuesday night time, adopted by durations of rain on Wednesday.

You may hear up to date climate data for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio Information community, and you’ll see up to date climate data on the MPR Information reside climate weblog.

Assume spring

Consider the snowflakes and the chilly temps as pace bumps on the street to spring. This pic may provide help to sit up for spring:

Programming word

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