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All of central and southern Minnesota could see snow on Saturday night into Sunday morning. The highest amounts will be over southwest Minnesota.

With snow on the ground and a cold airmass in place, if we get a night where skies clear out, we will have a chance at breaking record lows.

The snow that fell Thursday stayed primarily to our north.

We have a Winter Weather Advisory Thursday until 10:00 p.m. National Weather Service says we could see up to five inches of snow. Areas in northern Minnesota are under a Winter Storm Warning where they could see up to seven inches of snow.

A Winter Storm Watch is in effect at 4:00 a.m. Thursday, with potential for another round of four to eight inches of snowfall across central to northern Minnesota.

We had 6.4 inches of snow here in St. Cloud Tuesday. That breaks the record for a one-day snowfall in the month of October in St. Cloud. The previous record was 5.8 inches that fell on October 20th, 1936.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday for Stearns County and areas to the west. The Advisory will be in effect from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. for Benton and Sherburne Counties and areas to the east.

Accumulating snow is possible Saturday.

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory which will be in effect from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Much of the Central United States looks to be cooler than normal into late October.

Sunday night we had a line of showers and thunderstorms move through.

Widespread thunderstorms are expected late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.