Rochester Could See Its First Snowfall of the Season This Weekend

If you haven't found your ice scrapers yet, you are going to want to add that to your to-do list...like, now. It might still officially be fall, but based on some of the latest long-range forecasts, it appears that we could be seeing snow sooner rather than later in Minnesota.

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Find Your Warm Weather Gear - Minnesota and Iowa Could See Snow This Weekend

It is time to find the winter coats, check and see if the boots and snowpants still fit, and matches for all of the gloves because the potential for bad weather is in front of us. According to one of the latest posts by KTTC, we could see some accumulating snow as early as this weekend.

One of the long-range models is starting to hint at our first accumulating snow potential this weekend. Confidence is still low, but it's something worth watching. Right now, a rain/snow mix looks possible for SE MN and NE IA this weekend. We'll see if this trend holds over the next few days. - KTTC TV Facebook Page

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Long-Range Models Show Rochester, Minnesota, Could See Snow This Weekend

According to the forecast posted by the National Weather Service on Monday, November 3rd, they too are predicting a chance of snow for the Rochester area.

Saturday
A chance of rain and snow before 11am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudly, with a high near 45. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Towns that could be impacted by snow this weekend include Byron, Stewartville, Kasson, Mantorville, Rochester, and others near the Southeast Minnesota/Iowa border.

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When you think of the Midwestern states like Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, some people immediately think that we are freezing all the time. That's not 100% true, just about 56% true. In fact, being cold and freezing is something that most of us don't really appreciate about the winter months. That's not the only thing that we despise though. Check out the rest and see how may you give a thumbs up to.

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