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Updated: Snowfall Begins Monday Morning, Heaviest Snow Monday Evening

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has upgraded the winter storm watch to a warning for the Twin Cities and surrounding areas, including Hennepin County. Between 6 and 12 inches could fall Monday and Tuesday.

Updated Mar. 4 at 6:50 a.m.

Many thought we'd wake up to snowy sidewalks and roads Monday morning, but snow didn't begin to fall in Golden Valley until close to 7 a.m.

Still, weather service forecasters say 10 inches of snow is expected to fall in the Twin Cities.

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The winter storm warning was updated Mar. 4 at 6:16 a.m.

SNOW WAS FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH TRACE TO ONE INCH AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST.

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IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED DUE TO BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING WHILE CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA. A DIMINISHING TREND IN THE SNOW IS FORECAST FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION.

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES.

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Updated Mar. 3 at 11:45 a.m.

The National Weather Service has upgraded its winter storm watch to a warning Sunday, saying that now up to 12 inches of snow could fall on portions of the state, including Hennepin County.

The winter storm warning will begin at midnight Sunday and continue through 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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Original article published 8 a.m. Sunday

Yet another winter storm, the third in four weeks, is set to make its arrival in the Twin Cities area Sunday night, dropping heavy snow through Monday and bringing some windy conditions to make the morning commute difficult. 

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a winter storm watch for this yet-to-be-named system, which is coming across the Rockies Sunday and should drop its heaviest snow overnight Sunday into Monday. 

The track of the storm is still in doubt, the weather service said, but the metro should, after more than four days of above average temps and some actual snow melt, see a good dose of new precipitation. 

A complete rundown of the system, and the NWS forecast, can be seen in the YouTube video. 

Here's the weather statement issued by the NWS Saturday night. 

WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THEN SPREADING EAST AND SOUTH ON MONDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... BEFORE DIMINISHING ON TUESDAY.

* MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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... SNOWFALL EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...

.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME... THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ALBERT LEA. CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED ENOUGH THAT WINTER STORM WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION. PLEASE CHECK LATER WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR MORE DETAILS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.


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