You’ll need your warmest winter clothes on Saturday, then temps recover a bit on Sunday and winds will decrease. We have your weekend forecast details, plus a look at who will see the most snow on Friday.
Look for a milder couple of days as temperatures warm to near freezing in southern Minnesota Thursday afternoon and closer to 40 Friday. Temperatures will be mainly in the 20s in northern Minnesota. Winds pick up again Friday night as snow and cold return.
It’s a cold start with single digits and teens early Thursday morning and subzero wind chills but we’ll rebound quickly. Highs will be in the 30s south and 20s north by afternoon. It’ll be breezy still but from the southeast at 10-20 mph. More snow is on the way for mainly northern and central Minnesota late Friday.
Cold winds on Wednesday will give way to milder temperatures on Thursday and especially Friday. Periods of light snow are likely for Friday and Friday night as much colder air approaches for the weekend.
Gusty winds from the northwest will blow at 15-40 mph across much of Minnesota Wednesday, driving subzero and single-digit wind chills. Thursday climbs back to the 20s and 30s with highs near 40 in southern Minnesota Friday, along with possible snow Friday night.
Cold and wind are the themes for Wednesday. Winds will blow from the northwest at 15-25 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph. Wind chills will be in the single digits east and subzero west. Overnight Wednesday night will bring temperatures into the single digits for most. Thursday and Friday will be warmer but more snow is possible late Friday into Friday night.
Weather forecasters are warning of the potential for strong thunderstorms and tornadoes across a wide swath of the South Wednesday, including across Mississippi, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
A wintry air mass blows in behind the system Wednesday. Highs will hover in the 20s across southern Minnesota with teens up north. Temps on Friday will soar into the 40s again in the south, with 30s up north.
The snow should wrap up by 8 p.m. in the metro area but run through Tuesday night north and east. Expect subzero and single-digit wind chills across Minnesota Wednesday.
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