Across the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather accompanies a warming trend.  However, cold conditions linger across the deeply snow-covered far upper Midwest, including the Red River Valley of the North, where Tuesday morning’s minimum temperatures fell to near 0°F.

On the Plains, patchy, light precipitation is falling in several areas.  This includes rain across the southeastern Plains and snow showers on the northern Plains.  However, unfavorably dry conditions persist across the southern half of the High Plains. 

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