Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota as ‘potent clipper’ blasts through

No, the Twin Cities isn’t going to get snow over the next 48 hours. Same goes for Mankato and Rochester and every other cities in the southern half of the state. But the further north you go, the more storm potential there is.

Saint Cloud? A dusting, perhaps. Same for the Brainerd area.

Detroit Lakes, Bemidji and Duluth? Maybe an inch or two.

But as you travel north onto the Iron Range and approach the Canadian border, potential for 6+ inches of snow exists. On the North Shore of Lake Superior, up to a foot of snow is possible.

The snow is being produced by what the National Weather Service is calling a “potent clipper” that is diving southeast out of Canada, prompting winter storm warnings in far northern parts of the state.

“Snow rates quickly ramp up this afternoon and persist into tonight, with rates up to 0.5-1” per hour for the Borderlands into the tip of the Arrowhead,” says the Duluth office of the National Weather Service. “Wet and heavy snow and rates exceeding 1” per hour are forecast along the North Shore this evening into early Monday morning.”

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