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Our next weather maker slides through Minnesota overnight into Saturday.

This one brings a messy wintry mix featuring sleet, freezing drizzle and a little sloppy snow for our region.

A wintry mix moves into southwestern Minnesota Friday evening. It likely arrives in the Twin Cities area after about 3 a.m. Saturday and spreads northeast.

I like the way the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model handles the wintry mix with this system. The forecast model loop below runs between 9 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday.

 cover much of Minnesota through 6 p.m. Saturday:

Amazing what a couple of degrees can do on either side of freezing.

Temperatures in the lowest mile of the atmosphere will hover within a few degrees of freezing aloft through Saturday. A node of warm air a few thousand feet up will briefly melt some of the precipitation. That means a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow.

Temperatures will rise into the 30s across most of Minnesota Sunday. That will help melt any residual slick spots from Saturday’s wintry mix.

Monday brings another mild day in the 30s with a chance of light rain or snow.

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A messy wintry weather system slides through our region through Saturday.

Sloppy icy mess overnight through Saturday

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