MN Weather: 2 Inches Of Snow Falls Friday Before Arctic Air Arrives

TWIN CITIES, MN — A round of snow arrived overnight in the Twin Cities metro area Friday morning. Bitter cold air will arrive Friday night and stay for a while.

Here's the amount of snow that fell between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Friday:

• 1.3 inches — Chanhassen
• 2.2 inches — Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport
• 0.5 inches — Eau Claire, WI

"A long duration cold air outbreak will move in this weekend and last through most of next week. Please dress in layers and cover exposed skin," the National Weather Service said.

"Please remember to dress in layers and cover exposed skin when heading outside. If traveling, have a charged cell phone and warm clothes packed with you."

Here's the full NWS forecast from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport:

Friday: Snow likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy blowing snow between 9am and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 18 by 5pm. Blustery, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 9. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6. Wind chill values as low as -19. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of flurries after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -9. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: A chance of flurries before 7am. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 2. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 11. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Southwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 9. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -9. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 12. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.