Snow for the evening commute; above freezing overnight

It’s a cooler start to Thursday but a lot will happen in the next 24 hours.

Snow will make its way from northwest to southeast across Minnesota through Thursday. The heaviest totals will be in northeastern Minnesota up the North Shore, especially into parts of northern Wisconsin.

The Twin Cities will be on the southwestern edge of the snowfall with about 1 inch — to as much as 2 inches for some northern suburbs. Timing is everything, however, as it will affect the late afternoon-early evening commute. Portions of Minnesota’s North Shore will see up to 4 to 6 inches (or even slightly higher on some higher terrain spots).

As the snow ends, temperatures will continue rising in much of southern and central Minnesota. We’ll likely see our high of the day late in the evening, and it could be well into the 30s.

We could see some light rain showers overnight in the wake of the snow.

Friday starts mild and above freezing, but colder air will be streaming in quickly behind this system dropping temperatures into the teens by evening and back below zero by early Saturday morning. Winds will howl Friday as colder air moves in.

It’ll be bright but chilly Saturday with highs in the teens (south) and single digits (north).

We’ll make a quick rebound toward normal by Sunday/Monday. Next week brings more mild weather with 30s and even a 40 or two possible yet again. It may be hard to imagine — and there’s still plenty of winter weather left — but we are in the last gasps of mid-winter.