80 crashes on Minnesota roads amid burst of snow

A burst of light snow made for slippery roads in some areas of the state Wednesday morning. 

Tuesday's forecast: Mostly sunny, highs near 30 degrees
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Chilly sunshine Tuesday afternoon with flakes for far northern Minnesota. A second skiff of snow rolls through the state late Tuesday into Wednesday morning, before its back to cold sunshine Wednesday afternoon.

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Minnesota weather: Cloudy with highs in the upper 20s

Monday will feature fairly cloudy conditions and likely be dry with highs in the upper 20s. 

Minnesota weather: Sunshine filled Sunday with warmer temperatures

There will be plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures on Sunday compared to the bitter cold earlier in the weekend.  

Weekend forecast: Warmer Sunday filled with sunshine
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Sunday will be much warmer than Saturday's bitter cold temperatures, with a high around 33 degrees and plenty of sunshine. The morning will start off chilly and warmup by the afternoon.

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Minnesota weather: Bitter cold start for the weekend

Saturday will be bitter cold and well below average, but temperatures will warm to slightly more seasonable on Sunday. 

Minnesota weather: Bitter cold to start the weekend
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This morning's actual temperatures were in the single digits, with wind chills falling well below zero. The unseasonably cold weather will stick around through the day Saturday with a high of 15 degrees, but as winds shift, wind chills will start to improve.

Wind chill Friday leads into chilly Saturday
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A Wind Advisory is in place for most of the state of Minnesota until 3 a.m. Saturday. Wind gusts are expected to be from the northwest, gusting up to 45 to 50 mph. A Winter Weather Advisory is in place for south central Minnesota and western Minnesota until 3 a.m. Saturday because of falling snow and strong wind gusts reducing visibilities at times, which will lead to travel concerns. Friday night into Saturday morning is less about how much snow Minnesota picks up, and more about strong wind gusts, low visibilities due to blowing snow, falling temperatures, and potential flash freeze creating icy conditions on wet surfaces from melting snow earlier Friday afternoon.