Christmas eve warm front; snow chance emerging Sunday and Monday
Good travel weather through Christmas day. Significant snow system possible Sunday and Monday.
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Here comes another out-of-season warm front for Minnesota.
Minnesota is riding the tip of another unseasonably warm late December air mass. A warm pool of temperatures in the 60s and 70s covers the southern plains as close as Kansas Thursday. Highs in the 80s are common in Texas.
![Temperatures Thursday afternoon](https://img.apmcdn.org/b29f26b10b3ce5f74aee8189ca9a0bd11f426302/uncropped/a4b5cd-20211223-temperatures-thursday-afternoon-770.png)
We hit 39 degrees in the Twin Cities Thursday afternoon. That’s 13 degrees warmer than our average of 26 degrees for December 23.
Christmas eve brings a mix of sun and a few clouds. Highs should push well into the 40s across southern Minnesota, with 50 degrees possible along the I-90 corridor.
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![Forecast high temperatures Friday](https://img.apmcdn.org/d4082c82e68c22412a4271fb9567030f0cdd1bc7/uncropped/b4abdf-20211223-forecast-high-temperatures-friday-420.png)
Good travel weather through Christmas day
Overall travel weather looks good across Minnesota through Christmas day. A few light rain or snow showers may cross far northern Minnesota Friday. A chance of light snow visits north-central Minnesota later on Christmas day. Other than that our weather looks quiet through Saturday.
Highs on Christmas day will be cooler, with 20s and teens across most of Minnesota.
![Forecast high temperatures Saturday](https://img.apmcdn.org/c5d920dbe40dabe72ef599c129d6582cd36db836/uncropped/43357c-20211223-forecast-high-temperatures-saturday-420.png)
Snow chance Sunday and Monday
Most forecast models have been in flux about a snow chance later this weekend. The latest trends suggest a potentially significant snow event Sunday and Monday favoring areas from the Twin Cities northward.
NOAA’s GFS model shows similar solutions with the Canadian and European models and develops a large area of snow covering most of Minnesota Sunday and Monday.
![NOAA GFS model Sunday and Monday](https://img.apmcdn.org/e56c458a2175c72814b4342ef87b86acc48e5478/uncropped/b8942f-20211223-noaa-gfs-model-sunday-and-monday-1024.gif)
Very early snowfall totals suggests significantly plowable snow for most of Minnesota by Monday. Here’s the early European model output.
![European model (ECMWF) snowfall output](https://img.apmcdn.org/ebdfa0694bd7869a756f75c2339f72c70bf5d05c/uncropped/68eb95-20211223-european-model-ecmwf-snowfall-output-1100.png)
So have a great Christmas holiday! But keep an eye on the potential for snow on your post-Christmas travels Sunday and Monday.