MINNEAPOLIS -- It was still dangerously cold on Saturday, with blowing snow creating a number of issues, especially on the roads. The next snow chance is Sunday afternoon.
The storm started on Wednesday, dropping upwards of 8 inches of snow in the Twin Cities, and the winds started to throw that snow around Thursday and Friday. Interstate 90 west of Albert Lea to the South Dakota border closed on Thursday and again on Friday. Many highways especially in the southwestern part of the state remain closed on Saturday morning and reopened in the afternoon.
The next chance for snowfall is Sunday afternoon and evening; the metro could see up to 3 inches of snow, and western Minnesota could see accumulations of 4 to 6 inches. Temps will be in the single digits.
There is a winter weather advisory for Western Minnesota from 12-9 p.m. Sunday.
Then there will be a warmup throughout the week, with highs reaching the 30s. The wind is expected to die down at the start of the week.
State Patrol: 252 crashes overnight and into Saturday
Minneapolis State Patrol says there have been 252 crashes between 9:30 p.m. on Friday and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Twenty-three of the crashes resulted in an injury, but none of them were serious or fatal. State Patrol says 183 vehicles spun off the road, and there was one jackknifed semi.
I-90 to reopen at 11 a.m.
Interstate 90, which has been closed on-and-off over the past two days, is set to reopen at 11 a.m.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says other highways in south central and southwest Minnesota will also open at that time. No travel advisories will be lifted, however, due to the low visibility and drifting snow.
