Severe storms are rolling through central Minnesota including the Twin Cities

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It could be the biggest snowfall so far this winter for the Twin Cities. Forecast models continue to crank up a major winter storm for much of Minnesota on Saturday. 

The Canadian model is typical of other forecast model solutions that drag an extensive snow shield across central and southern Minnesota on Saturday. The loop below runs between 12:01 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday.

You can see on the snowfall map at the top of this post that a wide band of around 5 to 10 inches is likely for much of central Minnesota, including the greater Twin Cities. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model agrees:

The biggest snowfall at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport so far this winter season was 5.5 inches on Dec. 19. If forecast models stay on the current track, we have a chance to exceed 6 inches in the Twin Cities.

Let’s see if any changes occur on Thursday’s model runs.

Winter weather advisories overnight up north

The first of our two snow systems is dumping snow across much of northern and central Minnesota overnight into Thursday morning. 

A winter storm warning includes Cook County on the North Shore:

 cover most of northern Minnesota. A wide zone of 2 to more than 6 inches  of snow is likely from the Red River Valley through the North Shore.

The snow machine is finally cranking up across Minnesota as we move into late winter.

Paul Huttner

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Two winter weather systems are crossing Minnesota this week. 

Saturday snow: 5-10 inches likely across central Minnesota, Twin Cities

Twin Cities National Weather Service office

Environment Canada via tropical tidbits

NOAA via pivotal weather 

Snowfall projection for northeast Minnesota 2

Saturday snow: 5-10 inches likely across central Minnesota, Twin Cities

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