Saturday is a First Warning Day as we continue to track a system that will bring several inches of snow to southern Minnesota and northern Iowa later today and tonight. We will start off with some sunshine, but clouds will increase as snow develops late this morning into early afternoon, light to moderate snow will continue late Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening. Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches will be possible in the Mankato/North Mankato area, with heavier amounts of 3 to 6+ inches in far south and southwest Minnesota and northern Iowa. The quantities will be lighter towards the northeast. The wind will be between 10 and 20 mph, so it won’t be a raging blizzard, but there could be some visibility issues, especially when snow falls late this afternoon and evening. Snow will cease from the northwest to southeast late Saturday evening and conditions will improve on Sunday.
Right now, I’m still expecting about 2-4 inches in the Mankato area, however, as you can see from the snow forecast map, there will be a very sharp break from south to north. If the system tightens a little more or moves even a few kilometers, these expected totals will change. So stay tuned for updates throughout the day.
Monitoring, warnings and advisories
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After this system exits later tonight, a few additional systems will move into the area late Sunday night into Monday and late night Monday into Tuesday. These systems will be concentrated more east across northern Minnesota into central Wisconsin, but we could still get a dusting of snow with each of them with a half inch or a little more possible further east, closer to the Twin Cities.
We are watching yet another system move through the area Tuesday evening into Wednesday that could potentially bring areas of freezing rain and/or freezing drizzle followed by measurable snow. It is still far too early to determine the amounts of snow that fell or the exact trajectory of the snow, but it appears increasingly likely that there will be weather-related travel impacts Tuesday through Wednesday morning.
While none of these systems are major winter storms, it will all add up with several inches of accumulation possible by next week. Keep your KEYC First Alert Weather app handy. The weather team is monitoring everything very closely and will have updates throughout the trip.
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