Snow, bitter cold arrive in Twin Cities starting this afternoon

A weekend storm will bring the first significant snowfall of the season to the Twin Cities and other parts of the state where the ground had remained bare.

By the time a storm that begins late Saturday afternoon finally ends on Sunday afternoon, 2 to 6 inches of snow will have fallen in the metro area with even more to the south, forecasters say.

Then an arctic blast is expected to send temperatures plummeting below zero by early next week, with frigid conditions forecast to continue right through Christmas Day, said Lisa Schmit, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.

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