Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Wednesday will be our warmest day since potentially late November. Look for more sunshine with highs near 40 from the Twin Cities through southeastern Minnesota. Snow showers develop ahead of colder air Thursday.

Highs on Wednesday will be our warmest of this week ranging from around 40 in southeastern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities to near freezing in northwestern Minnesota.

Despite being very mild in January, the last time we hit 40 in the Twin Cities was Nov. 28!

We’ll also see more sunshine all day Wednesday before clouds roll back in Wednesday night.

Snow showers Thursday, cooler Friday before warmup resumes

A clipper system and cold front will move through Minnesota Thursday touching off scattered snow showers Thursday morning north and into southern Minnesota midday into the afternoon. 

Most areas will see just a coating of snow but a larger system clipping far southeastern Minnesota will bring more snowfall to those areas.

A winter storm watch is out for just Houston County in far southeastern Minnesota. Northeastern Iowa into southern Wisconsin will see more than 6 inches of snow in some areas.

We’ll also see windy conditions develop again Thursday as cooler air spills across Minnesota. Winds will be 10-20 mph from the northwest with higher gusts.

Behind the front Friday, temperatures will be mainly in the 20s Friday for just one day.

We pop right back up into the 30s this weekend.

The extended outlook continues to look mild through the middle of next week with highs in the 30s, maybe even near 40 again.

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Wednesday will be our warmest day since potentially late November. Look for more sunshine with highs near 40 from the Twin Cities through southeastern Minnesota. Snow showers develop ahead of colder air Thursday.




Wednesday will be our warmest day since potentially late November. Look for more sunshine with highs near 40 from the Twin Cities through southeast Minnesota. Snow showers develop ahead of colder air Thursday.

Near 40 in southern MN, 30s up north; snow showers Thursday, colder Friday

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