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It's not how you start but how you finish. We had some snow showers to open the day before temperatures jumped into the lower 40s, which helps to induce melting across the state for midday.

On to the next one. We have three chances of some snow through next Tuesday March 3rd. The first one while minor will create some slick roads starting between 4am and 7am Wednesday through Noon. The ...