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Tracking rain, snow showers late Friday into Saturday
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4/3/2025
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00:00
Well, we recap our latest storm, take a look at snow totals.
00:03
The latest drought monitor is out.
00:04
It doesn't include this storm, but it does
00:06
include the weekend storm.
00:07
And spring is back on track as we head into next week.
00:10
So impressive snow totals here out of West Central
00:24
and Northern Minnesota and along the North Shore.
00:27
Basically, all these orange dots are 8 to 12 plus inches
00:31
of snow, many places coming in at over a foot,
00:35
just over a foot in Garfield, right outside of Alexandria.
00:38
Fergus Falls had 15 inches of snow,
00:41
but the winner was Hovland on the North Shore, which
00:43
has gotten the most snow of the whole winter and on average
00:46
is one of our snowiest spots in the state, way up here,
00:49
deep into the Arrowhead here into Cook County.
00:52
15.2 inches of snow, but Finland saw over a foot of snow.
00:56
Duluth saw about 7 inches of snow, 7 to 9 inches of snow,
01:00
and importantly, a lot of water.
01:02
Once again, these March-April storms
01:05
are known for lots of water content,
01:08
an inch to an inch and a half of liquid equivalent.
01:10
Now, this doesn't factor into this morning's drought update
01:13
because the data cutoff is 7 AM Tuesday,
01:17
but the weekend storm does.
01:18
And we did see a swath of South Central Minnesota
01:20
taken out of drought.
01:22
So not a huge difference on the scope of the state.
01:25
We went from 66% to 63% of the state in drought,
01:28
but places like Mankato, Owatonna, Faribault,
01:31
taken out of moderate drought.
01:32
And we saw way more precip in the month of March
01:34
than we did all of winter combined,
01:36
December, January, February.
01:38
In fact, in the Twin Cities, more
01:39
than double the water content in March
01:41
than all of December, January, February.
01:43
Cooler today, or coolish, I should
01:46
say it'll actually be warmer than yesterday, but mostly 40s
01:48
for highs, lingering clouds.
01:50
We will see some peaks of sun, breaks in the clouds
01:52
developing, especially later in the day as the day progresses.
01:55
But some instability-driven pop-up showers
01:57
are possible in northern Minnesota.
01:58
And finally, sunshine Saturday, Sunday, much of next week
02:02
looks pretty bright, too.
02:03
But some instability showers, as I mentioned,
02:05
popping up in northern Minnesota.
02:06
These will be mostly in the form of rain.
02:08
But in northeastern Minnesota, maybe a spotty snow shower
02:11
or two.
02:12
That'll be mostly in the northern part of the state,
02:14
though.
02:15
Highs tomorrow will be warmer for us
02:17
in the Twin Cities and points south, low to mid 50s,
02:20
but 30s to the west.
02:22
We've got a cold front that's going
02:23
to be moving through later in the day tomorrow.
02:24
And that's going to touch off another chance of precip.
02:27
This is our last chance of precip, though,
02:28
for probably a week.
02:30
Some snow and rain showers ahead of that cold front,
02:33
slowly moving east.
02:34
So already late morning, western Minnesota,
02:37
but not until probably late tomorrow night or early
02:39
Saturday for us in eastern Minnesota.
02:42
And most of it's fizzling out by then.
02:44
But behind the fronts, it'll be cooler again,
02:46
40s southern Minnesota, 30s to the north.
02:48
And we're going to stay on the coolish side of normal
02:50
into early next week.
02:51
So here's that first cool blast for the weekend, mostly 40s.
02:56
Again, normal highs in the low 50s now for the Twin Cities.
02:58
But another blast of even colder air, pretty potent.
03:01
But for one day on Monday, we may not get out of the 30s,
03:04
even in the Twin Cities, even with sunshine,
03:06
strong April sun.
03:07
So that gives you an idea of how cold that chunk of air
03:10
is moving through Monday.
03:11
30s to near 40, 30s and 20s only for highs
03:14
in northern Minnesota.
03:15
But the pattern is a lot quieter.
03:16
Again, after tomorrow's fairly modest precip,
03:20
we'll see the potential for very little precip, actually,
03:24
in eastern Minnesota.
03:25
And most of what you see in western Minnesota
03:27
is the result of that front late tomorrow.
03:29
Slushy coating of snow even possible in northern Minnesota
03:32
tomorrow.
03:33
And western Minnesota, maybe an inch or so.
03:34
But Twin Cities, probably nothing.
03:35
And then by next Saturday, we're well into the 60s,
03:38
maybe even near 70.
03:39
Hear those spring temperatures.
03:40
So we're in for a cool stretch overall,
03:42
below normal the next several days.
03:44
But then next week, we pop in the 60s, maybe even
03:46
70-degree readings.
03:48
The American model still tries to give us some 80s at some
03:50
point here by mid-April.
03:53
So we'll see if that pans out.
03:55
45 today, lingering clouds.
03:57
But again, we should see some peaks of sun,
03:59
especially in the afternoon hours.
04:00
And then tomorrow, mix of clouds and sun,
04:03
but mainly cloudy in the afternoon.
04:04
Low 50s for highs.
04:05
That's close to normal, though, actually.
04:07
And then late in the day, again, a few showers possible,
04:10
mainly in the overnight tomorrow night.
04:12
Northern and western Minnesota in the afternoon hours,
04:14
some rain and snow showers.
04:15
Again, potential for a slushy coating of snow
04:17
in northern and western Minnesota.
04:19
But we're talking probably an inch or less in those areas.
04:22
And then the weekend's brighter.
04:24
Temporarily a little warmer again on Sunday,
04:26
but cold Monday.
04:27
And then spring temperatures back next week.
04:30
Lots of sunshine, too, next week.
04:32
And overall dry weather until maybe Thursday,
04:34
we could see a few showers again.
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