If your Valentine likes a little snow outside during your candlelight, romantic dinner, you’re in luck. Get ready for a (small) blast of winter weather today. The way it’s going , this might be the Twin Cities’ biggest winter storm, and yes, that’s odd.
A winter weather advisory takes effect in the Twin Cities starting at 3:00 this afternoon. WCCO Radio Chief Meteorologist Paul Douglas says the snow likely won’t start until later today around the metro, and it may start as a little rain.
“We do get a little shot of winter, I think it’ll start out as a little rain-snow mix late afternoon, change over to mostly snow by 6:00 or 7:00, hopefully after rush hour,” says Douglas. “But it’s going to be close. And we’re going to get up to 40 so we’re getting off to a mild start. It’ll melt on contact for a few hours, and then it’ll start to pile up.”
The National Weather Service says expect anywhere from 2 to 5 inches to fall across southern Minnesota, with 6 or more inches possible in southwestern parts of the state. Those numbers are up just slightly from the forecast on Tuesday.