Light Snow Thursday - Cold Into The Weekend

Forecast loop and forecast 24-hour snow totals from Midnight Wednesday night to Midnight Thursday night.

Another round of light snow is expected to impact the state as we head through Wednesday night through Thursday as a trough moves on through the region. This is mainly expected to bring light snow (under an inch) across central and southern Minnesota - but some areas up north could see an inch or two.

So with another round of snow showers and/or flurries, it'll be a chilly and cloudy day with highs in the teens and 20s.

Winds out of the west to west-northwest will be increasing as we head through Thursday, starting off at 5-10 mph but increasing to 15-20 mph with gusts to 30 mph by the afternoon hours in the metro. Winds will gust up to at least 25-30 mph across western and southern Minnesota.

Looking closer at the Twin Cities, temperatures will stay mainly in the low and mid-20s as we head through Thursday with flurries and snow showers expected.

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Highs Friday into the weekend look to be even colder than the past few days, not making it out of the teens at least Friday and Saturday (I do think there's a chance to do so on Sunday). Cloudy skies stick around Friday and Saturday with flurry chances before sunnier skies return for Sunday.

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If your Thanksgiving plans take you out of town early next week, there won't be weather concerns (at least locally!). Warmer temperatures return as well with 20s and 30s expected. Dry, but cloudier, conditions look to be around Wednesday as well before there's at least a slight chance of a rain/snow shower Wednesday night.

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Light Snow Thursday - Cold Into The Weekend
By D.J. Kayser, filling in for Paul Douglas

Anyone got Taylor Swift's "Snow On The Beach" stuck in their head after the winter wonderland we've been in the past few days, or is that just me? Between Monday and Tuesday, MSP picked up 3.4" of snow, with the 2.5" that fell Monday tying the (somewhat pathetic for winter, if I will say so myself) record for the day previously set in 1951.

Sweater weather (or is it cardigan weather?) continues, with only teens for highs Friday and Saturday. Morning wind chills Friday and into the weekend are likely to be subzero, even in the heart of the metro. Another quick shot of snow is expected Thursday with totals under an inch. However, Monday through Wednesday next week looks quiet and warmer for pre-Thanksgiving travel.

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D.J.'s Extended Twin Cities Forecast

THURSDAY: More snow showers. Windy. Wake up 19. High 27. Chance of precipitation 40%. Wind NW 10-25 mph.

FRIDAY: Hi January! Some flurries. Wake up 13. High 19. Chance of precipitation 20%. Wind NW 10-20 mph.

SUNDAY: Subzero AM wind chills. Sunnier skies. Wake up 5. High 27. Chance of precipitation 0%. Wind SW 5-10 mph.

MONDAY: Sun/cloud mix - more clouds up north. Wake up 15. High 29. Chance of precipitation 0%. Wind W 5-10 mph.

TUESDAY: Back above freezing! Mainly sunny. Wake up 16. High 33. Chance of precipitation 0%. Wind S 5-10 mph.

WEDNESDAY: Cloudy. No pre-holiday travel concerns. Wake up 24. High 37. Chance of precipitation 10%. Wind S 5-10 mph.

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*Length Of Day: 9 hours, 28 minutes, and 42 seconds
*Daylight LOST Since Yesterday: 2 minutes and 17 seconds

*When Do We Drop Below 9 Hours Of Daylight?: December 3rd (8 hours, 59 minutes, 4 seconds)
*Latest Sunrise: December 30th-January 5th (7:51 AM)
*Earliest Sunset: December 5th-December 13th (4:31 PM)

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This Day in Weather History
November 17th

1996: Six inches of snow falls in Douglas, Pope, and Stevens Counties.

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Snow showers will be the main story across the nation on Thursday, with this snow possible from the Rockies across the northern tier of states into the Great Lakes and New England. Heavy lake-effect snow will be possible downwind of the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, a few rain shower chances exist in southern Florida and southern Texas.

While some areas in the Rockies could see several inches of snow in the next few days, the heaviest is likely to fall downwind of the Great Lakes. Note that these snow totals are only through Friday evening. Heavy lake-effect snow will continue into the weekend, especially downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario, with multiple feet of snow possible through Sunday in the Buffalo and Watertown areas.

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- D.J. Kayser