Forecast update

There is some good news for travelers in the metro early tonight.

Current satellite, radar, surface and model trends are in line with my previous thinking that precipitation will remain mostly rain in the metro and most of southern Minnesota this evening. We may see some snowflakes mixed in with the rain, but with temperatures above freezing it will be difficult to get any significant accumulations from the metro south and east tonight. Roads may become a little slick late tonight.

Warm air advection has warmed the lower atmosphere to the point that we should stay mostly rain until late tonight. It still looks like we'll see a wind driven snow Friday into early Saturday.

I'm still expecting the band of heavy snow to run from Redwood Falls, to Willmar, to St. Cloud to Duluth.

Stay tuned for updates!

PH