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Wintry week, mild air returns this weekend

We awoke to a quick coating of snow this morning in parts of the metro. In southern Minnesota the overnight Clipper produced a band of 2" to 5" snowfall totals.

  • 2 NNE Worthington [Nobles Co, MN] CO-OP OBSERVER reports SNOW of 3.00 INCH at 7:00 AM CST -- CO-OP OBSERVER STATION WORTHINGTON /WRNM5/

  • 3 N Sioux Falls [Minnehaha Co, SD] OFFICIAL NWS OBS reports SNOW of 4.80 INCH at 2:00 AM CST --

  • 1 NNW Luverne [Rock Co, MN] PUBLIC reports SNOW of 5.00 INCH at 29 Feb, 11:00 PM CST -- OBSERVER LOCATION LUVERNE.

  • Grand Meadow [Mower Co, MN] CO-OP OBSERVER reports SNOW of 3.00 INCH at 6:00 AM CST -- CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GRAND MEADOW /GMDM5/

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Two more chances for light snow arrive this week, Wednesday night and Friday. Temps rise again next weekend to well above average.

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Temps in the 40s and 50s return this weekend and last into next week according to the Euro.

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Weatherspark ECMWF data

At this point the mild bias looks to last well into March.