Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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Here’s a quick look at your Thursday weather. The morning commute will be sloppy in some areas. We start with rain, then we’ll have a rain/snow mix that changes to all snow. Precipitation will end before noon.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. to noon this Thursday:

Accumulations in the metro area will be light (less than 1 inch) and the southeast metro might see just a light coating of snow.

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Parts of far northern Minnesota have seen some heavy snow amounts overnight, and a winter storm warning continues in northeastern Minnesota until 9 a.m.:

Our Twin Cities temperature was 41 degrees early Thursday morning. We’ll drop through the 30s today, with upper 20s by Thursday evening. And it’ll be windy.

An updraft update will be posted around mid-morning, along with an update of your Thanksgiving week weather.

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Ron Trenda

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A quick look at your Thursday morning weather shows rain, then a mix of rain and snow, then snow. Temperatures will be falling today.

Rain and snow this morning; windy with falling temperatures today

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