NWS Twin Cities issues first winter weather advisory of the season

For the first time in the 2025-26 cold season, the National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a winter weather advisory.

There's no shock and awe with this advisory, but it is in place because overnight snow could accumulate up to three inches along a narrow corridor of southern Minnesota. It's possible that the narrow band of accumulating snow impacts the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities metro.

"Quick accumulations of a few inches are possible in time for the Tuesday morning commute along a line from Canby and Redwood Falls, to the southern Twin Cities metro, to just south of Eau Claire," the National Weather Service says.

The NWS Twin Cities adds: "Rain will become a wintry mix tonight, then wet snow [Tuesday] morning with accumulations of 2 to 3 inches. A cutoff in pre