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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Sven Sundgaard

Cold, bright Wednesday; windy with rain, snow, thunder developing Thursday

We’ll have sunshine and light winds Wednesday

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Forecast temperature anomalies (difference from normal) Wednesday afternoon
NOAA via pivotal weather

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Temperatures will be 15 to 25 degrees colder than normal Wednesday with sunshine. Rain, snow and even thunder in far southern Minnesota develops Thursday afternoon; the first of two rounds of wintry precipitation into early Saturday.

Cold Wednesday; breezy and warmer Thursday

It’s a frigid start for the end of March across the region early Wednesday. We’ll see cold sunshine through the day with temperatures of 15 to 25 degrees below normal. Highs will range from around 30 in southeast Minnesota into the upper teens in northwest Minnesota.

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Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Winds increase Thursday as warmer air returns ahead of the approaching storm system. Winds will increase to 10-20 mph from the southeast.

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Forecast winds Thursday
College of DuPage Weather

High temperatures Thursday will be in the 40s across southern Minnesota.

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Forecast high temperatures Thursday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Two rounds of moisture develops Thursday into early Saturday

Rain, and snow develop across central and northern Minnesota Thursday afternoon with the possibility of thunderstorms in far southern Minnesota Thursday evening.

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Forecast precipitation Thursday into Thursday night
College of DuPage Weather

This first round of precipitation will bring a coating of snow to northern Minnesota.

We’ll have a bit of a break Friday morning before a second round of precipitation fills in with a wintry mix turning to snow for southern Minnesota Friday night.

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Forecast precipitation Friday through Friday night
College of DuPage Weather

Here’s a look at total expected snowfall Thursday into early Saturday, including both rounds of snow:

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Forecast total snowfall through early Saturday
National Weather Service

Beyond the storm system, we have a shot at our first 50 degree reading finally Sunday and Monday in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. It will be the latest 50 in 22 years.