Cooler today; snow Monday and possibly a wintry mix

Wind chills lowest north this Sunday

We hit 36 degrees Saturday afternoon in the Twin Cities, but we’ll top out in the 20s today. We’ll share 20s with southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with teens to the north:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Sunday afternoon wind chills will be in the teens southeast with mainly single digits elsewhere. there will be some below-zero wind chills in the northwest:

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Sunday 1 p.m. forecast wind chills
National Weather Service

Precipitation

A passing light snow shower is possible today in southern and west-central Minnesota. An area of snow moves into northwestern Minnesota later today and spreads across much of the north this evening and overnight. Most areas see periods of snow on Monday, with freezing drizzle and light freezing rain also possible to the south.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Sunday afternoon through Monday evening:

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Simulated radar Sunday afternoon through Monday evening
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Here are NWS estimates of the chances of 2 inches and also 6 inches of snow for Monday into Monday night:

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Odds of 2 or 6 inches of snow Monday and Monday night
National Weather Service

You can see southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin have the best chances of the higher snow amounts. The Twin Cities metro area may see 1 to 2 inches of snow Monday into Monday evening, but check forecast updates.

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