the official forecast
"* SNOW ACCUMULATION... 8 TO 14 INCHES... WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS AND NEW ULM TO MONTICELLO AND CAMBRIDGE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LOWEST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO WHERE A WINTRY MIX MAY PERSIST THE LONGEST."

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