Tracking rain, snow showers late Friday into Saturday

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00:00Well, we recap our latest storm, take a look at snow totals.

00:03The latest drought monitor is out.

00:04It doesn't include this storm, but it does

00:06include the weekend storm.

00:07And spring is back on track as we head into next week.

00:10So impressive snow totals here out of West Central

00:24and Northern Minnesota and along the North Shore.

00:27Basically, all these orange dots are 8 to 12 plus inches

00:31of snow, many places coming in at over a foot,

00:35just over a foot in Garfield, right outside of Alexandria.

00:38Fergus Falls had 15 inches of snow,

00:41but the winner was Hovland on the North Shore, which

00:43has gotten the most snow of the whole winter and on average

00:46is one of our snowiest spots in the state, way up here,

00:49deep into the Arrowhead here into Cook County.

00:5215.2 inches of snow, but Finland saw over a foot of snow.

00:56Duluth saw about 7 inches of snow, 7 to 9 inches of snow,

01:00and importantly, a lot of water.

01:02Once again, these March-April storms

01:05are known for lots of water content,

01:08an inch to an inch and a half of liquid equivalent.

01:10Now, this doesn't factor into this morning's drought update

01:13because the data cutoff is 7 AM Tuesday,

01:17but the weekend storm does.

01:18And we did see a swath of South Central Minnesota

01:20taken out of drought.

01:22So not a huge difference on the scope of the state.

01:25We went from 66% to 63% of the state in drought,

01:28but places like Mankato, Owatonna, Faribault,

01:31taken out of moderate drought.

01:32And we saw way more precip in the month of March

01:34than we did all of winter combined,

01:36December, January, February.

01:38In fact, in the Twin Cities, more

01:39than double the water content in March

01:41than all of December, January, February.

01:43Cooler today, or coolish, I should

01:46say it'll actually be warmer than yesterday, but mostly 40s

01:48for highs, lingering clouds.

01:50We will see some peaks of sun, breaks in the clouds

01:52developing, especially later in the day as the day progresses.

01:55But some instability-driven pop-up showers

01:57are possible in northern Minnesota.

01:58And finally, sunshine Saturday, Sunday, much of next week

02:02looks pretty bright, too.

02:03But some instability showers, as I mentioned,

02:05popping up in northern Minnesota.

02:06These will be mostly in the form of rain.

02:08But in northeastern Minnesota, maybe a spotty snow shower

02:11or two.

02:12That'll be mostly in the northern part of the state,

02:14though.

02:15Highs tomorrow will be warmer for us

02:17in the Twin Cities and points south, low to mid 50s,

02:20but 30s to the west.

02:22We've got a cold front that's going

02:23to be moving through later in the day tomorrow.

02:24And that's going to touch off another chance of precip.

02:27This is our last chance of precip, though,

02:28for probably a week.

02:30Some snow and rain showers ahead of that cold front,

02:33slowly moving east.

02:34So already late morning, western Minnesota,

02:37but not until probably late tomorrow night or early

02:39Saturday for us in eastern Minnesota.

02:42And most of it's fizzling out by then.

02:44But behind the fronts, it'll be cooler again,

02:4640s southern Minnesota, 30s to the north.

02:48And we're going to stay on the coolish side of normal

02:50into early next week.

02:51So here's that first cool blast for the weekend, mostly 40s.

02:56Again, normal highs in the low 50s now for the Twin Cities.

02:58But another blast of even colder air, pretty potent.

03:01But for one day on Monday, we may not get out of the 30s,

03:04even in the Twin Cities, even with sunshine,

03:06strong April sun.

03:07So that gives you an idea of how cold that chunk of air

03:10is moving through Monday.

03:1130s to near 40, 30s and 20s only for highs

03:14in northern Minnesota.

03:15But the pattern is a lot quieter.

03:16Again, after tomorrow's fairly modest precip,

03:20we'll see the potential for very little precip, actually,

03:24in eastern Minnesota.

03:25And most of what you see in western Minnesota

03:27is the result of that front late tomorrow.

03:29Slushy coating of snow even possible in northern Minnesota

03:32tomorrow.

03:33And western Minnesota, maybe an inch or so.

03:34But Twin Cities, probably nothing.

03:35And then by next Saturday, we're well into the 60s,

03:38maybe even near 70.

03:39Hear those spring temperatures.

03:40So we're in for a cool stretch overall,

03:42below normal the next several days.

03:44But then next week, we pop in the 60s, maybe even

03:4670-degree readings.

03:48The American model still tries to give us some 80s at some

03:50point here by mid-April.

03:53So we'll see if that pans out.

03:5545 today, lingering clouds.

03:57But again, we should see some peaks of sun,

03:59especially in the afternoon hours.

04:00And then tomorrow, mix of clouds and sun,

04:03but mainly cloudy in the afternoon.

04:04Low 50s for highs.

04:05That's close to normal, though, actually.

04:07And then late in the day, again, a few showers possible,

04:10mainly in the overnight tomorrow night.

04:12Northern and western Minnesota in the afternoon hours,

04:14some rain and snow showers.

04:15Again, potential for a slushy coating of snow

04:17in northern and western Minnesota.

04:19But we're talking probably an inch or less in those areas.

04:22And then the weekend's brighter.

04:24Temporarily a little warmer again on Sunday,

04:26but cold Monday.

04:27And then spring temperatures back next week.

04:30Lots of sunshine, too, next week.

04:32And overall dry weather until maybe Thursday,

04:34we could see a few showers again.

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