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Cooler Wednesday but warmer again Thursday and Friday

Temperatures will drop again for the weekend

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Forecast temperature anomalies (departure from normal) Wednesday through Friday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

Behind Tuesday’s clipper, temperatures are cooler Wednesday. We’ll see a fair amount of sun and warmer air returns Thursday before temperatures cool off this weekend. 

Cooler again Wednesday followed by more mild air 

Behind Tuesday’s clipper system, temperatures are cooler Wednesday. We’ll see afternoon highs in the 20s south and teens north. Most of us should see a fair amount of sun most of the day, too. 

Southwestern Minnesota will see more clouds by midday ahead of the next disturbance.

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Forecast highs Wednesday
National Weather Service

Warmer air is already on the way for Thursday and Friday. Ahead of it, another clipper — this time sort of split in north and south branches — will bring snow showers to mainly northeastern Minnesota Wednesday night and far southwestern Minnesota late Wednesday afternoon into the evening.

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Forecast precipitation 8 a.m. Wednesday through 12 p.m. Thursday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Snowfall will be relatively light with most areas in northeastern Minnesota receiving just a dusting to perhaps 1 or 2 inches in isolated pockets. The southwest corner of the state could see a bit also later this afternoon and evening.

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Forecast snowfall through Friday
National Weather Service

Highs Thursday and Friday will be warmer and back above normal. Highs Thursday will reach the 40s with 50s in southern Minnesota Friday.

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Forecast highs Thursday and Friday
National Weather Service

A cold front is already poised to move through the state late Friday. That will drop temps for the weekend, back below normal. Highs Saturday will be in the 20s south but just near zero in the northwest corner of Minnesota.

That will set us up for a cold night with single digits above zero south and well below zero temps north.

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Forecast highs Saturday and lows Saturday night
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

There will also be some snow showers developing along and just behind that cold front Friday night into Saturday morning. Forecast models still have quite a spread in potential tracks but we’ll need to watch southern Minnesota for up to a couple of inches of fresh snow.

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Forecast snowfall Friday night into Saturday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather