Snow that fell in the Twin Cities metro area Sunday night has left many roads wet and slushy, putting a crimp into the Monday morning commute.

The metro area received about 2 inches of snow Sunday night, although some pockets had a bit more.

The Alexandria area received 4 quick inches by late Sunday afternoon.

Monday's relatively mild temperatures, combined with chemicals already on the roads, helped melt most snow on roads.

But the major freeways had some slush in between lanes, just enough to keep traffic speeds a bit slower than normal.

Meanwhile, a storm that had been predicted to bury the Twin Cities again later this week appears likely to dump heavy snow south and east of the Twin Cities. The metro area could see only a few inches, but Austin, Albert Lea and Rochester could get upwards of 6 inches, National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Friedlein said.

That storm, being pushed southward by cold high pressure coming down from Canada, is expected to bring snow beginning Tuesday evening. Temperatures in northwestern Minnesota were predicted to reach minus 15 Sunday night, compared with 23 above in the metro.

Rochester ended February with its snowiest "meteorological" winter on record, with 60.4 inches of snow for December, January and February. Its average snow-on-the-ground depth during that period, 16.9 inches, was also a record.

The Twin Cities had seen 76.6 inches of snow for the season as Sunday's snowfall began, making it already the ninth-snowiest overall season on record. But at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, the Twin Cities official snow depth Sunday was 8 inches, down from 12 on Feb. 27, a week before.

Bill McAuliffe • 612-673-7646