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Short-term forecast: Pushing 40 Friday, Sunday and Monday

Light snow favors northern Minnesota Friday

Our docile December continues until Monday.

Milder air begins to push northward into Minnesota once again through Friday. Highs Thursday ease into the 30s across southern Minnesota.

Forecast high temperatures Thursday
Forecast high temperatures Thursday
NOAA

Note the milder air mass to the south where highs will be in the 40s.

By Friday, that milder air drifts northward into Minnesota. Temperatures will push 40 degrees across southern Minnesota Friday afternoon.

Forecast high temperatures Friday
Forecast high temperatures Friday
NOAA

Saturday brings a speed bump with cooler temperatures and highs in the 20s and 30s. But breezes turn south again Sunday. Highs will push toward the low 40s again in southern Minnesota Sunday and Monday.

Forecast high temperatures Monday
Forecast high temperatures Monday
NOAA

Friday snow chance

A weather system crossing Minnesota Friday brings a chance of light snow to northern and central Minnesota.

The European model paints a narrow band of mostly light snow passing across northern Minnesota Friday.

European model (ECMWF) forecast for noon Friday
European model (ECMWF) forecast for noon Friday
ECMWF via pivotal weather

This looks like another weather system that will struggle to crank out significant snow in Minnesota. Most forecast models suggest only 1 to 3 inches possible across northern Minnesota.

NOAA GFS snowfall output Friday
NOAA GFS snowfall output Friday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Snowfall in Minnesota is running well below average this month. The Twin Cities has picked up just 0.6 inch so far. That’s 5.5 inches below average.