Severe storms are rolling through central Minnesota including the Twin Cities

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We’re still on track for snowfall across most of central and southern Minnesota Friday night into Saturday morning.

Winter storm watches include most of central and southern Minnesota Friday night into Saturday. (Check out the map above.)

The latest forecast models bring snow into Minnesota Friday night and put most of the snow down overnight ending Saturday morning from west to east. 

Here’s the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s FV3 model between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday:

Thursday’s forecast model trends suggest a faster-moving storm that may drop a little less snow on much of Minnesota. But it still looks quite plowable for the Twin Cities and much of central Minnesota. 

NOAA suggests a high probability for at least 4 inches of snow across south-central Minnesota, including the Twin Cities area.

Here’s the latest snowfall output from NOAA:

Additional model runs on Thursday night and Friday could still produce forecast changes. Let’s see how they handle the system before the snow starts to fly.

Paul Huttner

Author

Thursday’s forecast model trends suggest a faster-moving storm that may drop a little less snow on much of Minnesota. But it still looks quite plowable for the Twin Cities and much of central Minnesota.

Winter storm watch for much of Minnesota Friday night and Saturday

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