Snow is legitimately possible in northern Minnesota this weekend
There isn't a peep about snow in the latest forecast discussion from the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, but why would there be? It's going to be 95 degrees in that part of the region on Tuesday and the temperature skyrocketed to 100 degrees in the northwestern Minnesota town of Hallock on Mother's Day.
With the heat, winds gusting to 50 mph and extreme fire risk conditions in play, there's not a lot of time to be focusing a looming temperature crash that could lead to snowfall during the overnight hours this weekend.
On Monday, we wrote about how it is plausible that northwestern Minnesota and parts of North Dakota could go from 100 degrees this week to temperatures below freezing this weekend. We also noted how utterly absurd and unbelievable — like, seriously, don't believe it — the American model was with the snow totals it was throwing around.
But we're one day closer to the weekend and the more trustworthy model, the Euro, is hinting at the possibility of slushy accumulations in extreme northwestern Minnesota this weekend.
You can see the colder air changing rain over to snow in the Euro's simulated radar. Watch how it goes from producing explosive storms in South Dakota and Nebraska late Wednesday into Thursday morning before rain and storms soak Minnesota and Wisconsin Thursday into Friday. On the back side of the system, well to the north, is where the snow potential pops up.
Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard says snow is "totally conceivable" when the temperatures drop into the 30s on Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Check out the Hallock forecast temps...
It's not going to get cold enough for snow as far south as St. Cloud or the Twin Cities, but temps sneaking below 40 appear to be possible overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.
Nothing is certain and it's highly unlikely to be disruptive if it does snow way up north, but some snowflakes could be flying in Minnesota on May 17-18.
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