Twin Cities see 1st real snowfall of winter
The Twin Cities were in the snow zone Wednesday, with snow-covered trees and roads making for an icy-yet-picturesque Thursday.
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Born and raised in Illinois, just outside of Chicago, Joseph grew up in the small community of Plainfield. Plainfield is notorious for the 1990 F5 tornado, which started Joseph's interest in weather. Joseph stayed in the state of Illinois for his education and attended Eastern Illinois University with a concentration in broadcast meteorology.
Joseph spent seven years covering wildfires, ice storms, and atmospheric rivers in Portland, Oregon. As a fan of snow, he is excited to trade those in for winter forecasting.
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The Twin Cities were in the snow zone Wednesday, with snow-covered trees and roads making for an icy-yet-picturesque Thursday.
A winter weather advisory is in effect from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 3 a.m. Thursday.
A weak incoming system will cause increased clouds and cooler air in the Twin Cities going into Wednesday. There's some light snow in the forecast on Valentine's Day.
Temperatures will remain above average Monday, but later in the week, the Twin Cities will get cooler air and a couple of chances for snow.
After three days of record-setting warmth this week, Friday and Saturday will not follow suit.
Showers are passing through the Twin Cities Thursday morning, and another daily heat record will likely be broken.
Tuesday's high temperature broke a 99-year-old daily heat record, kicking off a possible multi-day streak of record-breaking warmth.
Temperatures in the Twin Cities will top out in the 40s on Monday, a mere prelude to the record warmth expected in the coming days.
We keep the warm winter days going with highs in the upper 40s on Thursday.
Wednesday morning's fog cleared early, setting us up for lots of sun to help temperatures soar to record levels in the 50s.
Temperatures will technically cool down on Tuesday, but they'll still be well above average.
Monday kicks off a week of above average temperatures, with potentially record-breaking warmth by midweek.
A dense fog advisory is in effect in the Twin Cities until noon Thursday.
After a gloomy day in the Twin Cities Wednesday, patchy fog will return overnight along with the chance for freezing drizzle.
Tuesday will be another day of above average highs, with temperatures in the Twin Cities likely reaching the mid-30s.