Sunday's weather: Some snow could sneak in

While the eastern seaboard gets slammed with 10 inches of snow this weekend, some of our towns could get a tenth of that on Sunday morning. The easterners are dealing with a Noreaster-style storm but we’re facing a much more run-of-the-mill occluded low pressure system. A low occludes when its cold front overtakes its warm front and pushes all the warm air aloft. The result is often an overcast sky with potentially steady precipitation. Our region has a 50 percent chance of that happening.

The occlusion will bring a slightly topsy-turvy temperature profile to the Northland so the highest temps may be found around International Falls and the lowest in East Central Minnesota and NW Wisconsin. That’s why places like Aitkin, Moose Lake, Sandstone, Spooner, Hayward, Ashland and Hurley have a chance for an inch of snow on Sunday morning. The rest of the region should just get rain. The rain totals should go from a tenth to maybe a quarter of an inch. Sunday’s winds should be easterly at up to 15 miles per hour.

Come Monday, the 20th anniversary of the Megastorm, trick-or-treaters should have fairly easy going. It should be partly sunny with a daytime high of 45. More rain showers are possible Tuesday and Saturday so the other days of the week should be at least partly sunny.

FIVE DAY FORECAST
Sunday – Mostly cloudy with 50 percent chance for rain/snow with high 43 and low 32.
Monday – Partly sunny with high of 45 and low of 33.
Tuesday – Partly sunny with 30 percent rain shower chance with high 50 and low 33.
Wednesday – Partly sunny with high 47 and low 31.
Thursday – Partly cloudy with high 44 and low 34.

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