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Minnesota will be dealing with two bouts of wintry weather this Sunday into early Tuesday.

The first round of precipitation will involve heavy snow in northern Minnesota today.

Round two will be a mix of snow and freezing rain late Sunday night into early Tuesday for much of Minnesota.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from today through Tuesday morning:

Snow accumulations in northern Minnesota will be mainly from this Sunday into Sunday evening, with lighter snow amounts Monday and Monday night.

Southern and central Minnesota snow and ice accumulations will be from late Sunday night into early Tuesday:

Here are some details of the winter storm warning for north-central and northeastern Minnesota:

Parts of northwestern Minnesota are in a winter storm warning as well:

Here are the details of the winter storm warning in northwestern Minnesota;

The Twin Cities metro area  and much of southern Minnesota are in a winter weather advisory that starts at midnight Sunday night and continues through Monday and Tuesday:

Check for forecast updates and road condition updates today through Tuesday.

Updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio 

, and you can see updated weather info in the MPR News 

The Minnesota Department of Transportation posts 

You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:49 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

Ron Trenda

Author

Minnesota will be dealing with two bouts of wintry weather this Sunday into early Tuesday. The first round of precipitation will involve heavy snow in northern Minnesota today. Round two will be a mix of snow and freezing rain late Sunday night into early Tuesday for much of Minnesota. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s…

Sunday snow northern Minnesota; ice and snow central and south on Monday

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