Another wintry storm Friday

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Over the river and through the woods looks hassle-free this holiday weekend. The Twin Cities was just 1 degree shy of tying the record high temperature of 55 degrees Tuesday.

Our near-record warmth Tuesday gives way to another cold front Wednesday. The front sweeps across Minnesota from northwest to southeast during the day. The Twin Cities and southern Minnesota will feel relatively mild through midday. Then northerly winds will pick up and temperatures will plunge. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s HRRR model shows relatively mild temperatures in the 40s around the Twin Cities at midday Wednesday, then watch temperatures crash statewide by 6 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. 

NOAA’s surface maps through Thanksgiving Day show the front sweeping through with a few snow showers across northern Minnesota. Thanksgiving Day looks cold but quiet with lighter winds across the Upper Midwest. That means very good travel weather on Thanksgiving Day.

The weekend looks dry and slightly warmer than average. Highs will reach the 40s in southwest Minnesota again this weekend. 

Next week looks mostly dry at this point. Forecast models still hint at colder temperatures and possible snow between about Dec. 5 and 10. 

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Temperature roller coaster continues through the weekend. 

A car drives on a road surrounded by changing fall colors. 

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NOAA HRRR temperature between noon Wednesday and 6 am Thursday

Great Thanksgiving week travel weather this year

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