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We’re seeing another balmy-for-November day this Wednesday across most of Minnesota. High temperatures are already pushing well into the 50s across southwestern Minnesota as of this post. 

But the next cold front is already pushing into northwest Minnesota as I write this, and temperatures will crash about 10 to 20 degrees through Thanksgiving weekend across the Upper Midwest. 

You can see the large high-pressure cell dropping toward Minnesota this weekend from Canada on the surface map loop at the top of this post. 

Windy and colder weather will cover all of Minnesota on Thanksgiving Day. Highs will stall in the 20s north with lower 30s across the south. 

The colder air will be a persistent theme this holiday weekend. Highs in the 30s south to 20s north look common. 

The cold pattern over the Upper Midwest persists into next week.

But the medium-range forecast models suggest milder air may ease back into Minnesota in early December. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s eight to 14-day outlook favors a bubble of above-average temperatures across the Upper Midwest.

And the week 3 and 4 outlook strongly favors milder than normal air across our region.

So far, the forecast models do not suggest any major snowfall systems for Minnesota into early December. 

El Niño appears to already be showing an early impact with milder-than-average temperatures in our region as we move deeper into the cold season. 

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Paul Huttner

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A much colder air mass blows through Minnesota on Thanksgiving Day. 

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