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More typical December weather ahead; snow chances Christmas week

The weather maps finally look more like December

It’s beginning to look a lot like … December.

The weather maps have finally taken a more consistent wintry turn. A seasonably colder air mass will remain in place through most of next week. Highs this weekend will be mostly in the 20s. Temperatures could approach 30 degrees in the Twin Cities by Sunday afternoon.

Forecast high temperatures Sunday
Forecast high temperatures Sunday.
NOAA

Highs will be mostly in the 20s across Minnesota next week.

Snow chances ahead

I detailed our Friday night into Saturday snow event in my previous post. Light snow should taper off Saturday. Our next snow chance appears to favor northern Minnesota next Tuesday.

NOAA GFS model Tuesday
NOAA GFS model middayTuesday.
NOAA via tropical tidbits

Forecast models are also hinting at a chance of snow on Christmas Eve.

5 tornadoes confirmed in Minnesota

You may have seen my earlier tweet on the five confirmed tornadoes in Minnesota Wednesday night by NWS survey teams from NWS Twin Cities and La Crosse.

Wednesday storm was truly an unprecedented record weather event for Minnesota.

Stay warm and stay tuned Minnesota.