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A bit cooler Monday and Tuesday, but overall a milder week

It will also be somewhat active with more light snow chances

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Forecast averaged temperature anomalies (departure from normal) Monday through Sunday
WeatherBELL Analytics

Monday and Tuesday will be briefly cooler, but milder air prevails this week overall. We’ll see a few more light snow chances for portions of the state, too.

Overall a milder and somewhat active week 

It’ll be a bit cooler Monday and Tuesday in the wake of Sunday’s clipper system, but still much milder than the air we had last week. Highs Monday will be mostly in the teens to near 20-degrees.

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Forecast highs Monday
National Weather Service

The northern half of Minnesota will drop below zero overnight Monday, making for a cold night with teens below zero in far northern Minnesota.

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Forecast lows Monday night
National Weather Service

Highs Tuesday will be back mostly in the teens across the state with a few cooler and warmer pockets in the northwest and southwest. 

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

Rather mild air is moving back in mid to late week giving central and southern Minnesota a ‘mini-one-day’ thaw Thursday.

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Forecast lower level temperatures through Friday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts via pivotal weather

Thursday looks to be the warmest day of the week with highs in the 30s for most of the state. Southwest Minnesota could even see highs in the mid 40s. 

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Forecast highs Thursday
National Weather Service

The pattern will remain somewhat active with light snow chances late Monday into Monday night in southwest Minnesota and then across a large portion of the state Tuesday night into early Wednesday and northern Minnesota Thursday.

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Forecast precipitation 7 a.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Any snowfall out of the late Monday and Tuesday night systems looks to be pretty light with just a dusting to one half inch for some.

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Forecast snowfall through early Wednesday
National Weather Service