Weather Columns
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Average temps near 40 after an above-average tease
Some of the warmest air of the season arrived on Monday out ahead of our late season winter storm. This system brought some slushy snow to portions of the region on Tuesday. As we know with these systems, even if we do get some snow it never hangs around for long as it is only…
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Temps drop down below average, mid- to upper-teens
Mark Anthony Meteorologist The area is digging out from two winter storms that hit much of the area starting late Sunday night into Tuesday. The first wave moved into Minnesota late Sunday and lasted into Monday. The heaviest snow with this first wave pushed into central Minnesota and into parts of western Wisconsin. Another wave…
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Trend of up and down temps continues, with chances of snow
Mark Anthony Meteorologist It was a cold weekend across the state of Minnesota this past weekend. International Falls dropped to -40 on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, Cook fell to -38, while Orr and Big Fork both plummeted to a cold -36. Park Rapids was a “warmer” -30 on Sunday morning. Much of the rest of central,…
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Temps continue to rise and fall with clouds, wind, and precipitation
Mark Anthony Meteorologist It has been pretty quiet for much of the region as far as snowfall, as no major winter storms have pushed across the state. We did see some scattered flurries over the weekend and again on Monday. The scattered light snow on Monday was associated with a warm front that pushed across…
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Our winter weather stays consistent with swinging temps
Mark Anthony Meteorologist Minnesota escaped much of the snow on Monday into early Tuesday. Parts of North Dakota and South Dakota had snow earlier this week as a winter storm pushed across that part of the Upper Midwest. In addition to the snow, high wind warnings were also posted for that area as wind gusts…
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Cloudy and low teens with little moisture expected
Mark Anthony Meteorologist We have had another interesting past week around Minnesota. More snow came in from Friday into Sunday as three weather disturbances pushed across the state. Over the weekend most of the state saw two to four inches of snow. Off to our east in Wisconsin, some locations picked up more than six…
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Partly cloudy with temps varying between teens and single digits
Mark Anthony Meteorologist After some cold temperatures on Friday and Saturday, we started the warm up on Sunday. Highs returned to the 30s across much of the region. In addition to the mild temperatures, we had clouds associated with that warm front that pushed across the state. The mild temperatures continued on Monday and Tuesday…
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Negative temps will remind us that winter has arrived in Minnesota
It was quite a Christmas weekend with all the snow and slippery driving conditions. The first winter storm hit the state on Christmas Day. There were crashes statewide due to the snow that hit the region. In one incident alone in west central Minnesota, a crash along I-94 near Ashby reportedly had some 65 cars…
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Temperatures continue to swing from 30s to teens with possible flurries
By Mark Anthony Meteorologist Winter has officially arrived. The winter solstice took place on Tuesday at 9:59 a.m. our time. With the winter solstice, it is the “shortest day” of the year as far as daylight for for the northern hemisphere. The good news is that going forward, the days will begin to grow longer…
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Good chance of snow Friday with temps ranging up to low 20s
Mark Anthony Meteorologist Portions of the state of Minnesota saw more than 20 inches of snow on Friday into early Saturday. East St. Paul reported the most snow with 21 inches from this system. Close behind was Woodbury with 20 inches of snow. Other spots such as Bloomington had 18.5 inches, Jordan had 17.7 inches…
