Out like a lion

It's looking like a bad April fools joke a day early.

Our latest winter storm is right on track with snow increasing across Minnesota today.

The various forecast techniques we use to estimate snowfall amounts yield amounts from 6 to 10" in a band from near Redwood Falls to Willmar, into the northwest Metro and on to Rice Lake and Hayward. Again it appears there will be a snowfall gradient across the Twin Cities, but this time with heavier amounts on the north side of town. Temperatures just above freezing in the lowest 5,000 feet will keep precipitation as rain from the south metro southward for a while today limiting snow amounts.

It looks like afternoon rush hour will be the toughest travel time today around much of Minnesota. Though temperatures will be above freezing in the metro for much of today, wet roads may become slippery later today and tonight as temperatures fall.

It still looks like the melt will be on big time as we approach 50 degrees later this week!

Track the storm at Twin Cities NWS

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