Scattered light snow will bring a trace to a few tenths of an inch Tuesday night. Wednesday’s max temperatures will be set early on with cold air taking over through the day.
Temperatures will warm a bit Tuesday ahead of a clipper system that will develop light snow showers late Tuesday and into Tuesday night. Behind that, more arctic air moves in.
Happy meteorological winter! The first week of December features an active pattern with multiple light snow chances and bitter cold settling in by Thursday.
Snow emergencies continue Monday in St. Paul and Minneapolis in the wake of the weekend winter storm that dropped more than a half-foot of snow on parts of the state.
Monday will be cold with more clouds than sun. Light snow develops late Tuesday north. Our first widespread subzero readings arrive early Thursday morning.
The clipper train rolls in this week, bringing occasional light snow and locking in the cold, with temperatures running 15 to 20 degrees below normal and the season’s first subzero reading possible.
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast.
Utility crews worked to restore power Sunday to thousands of people in Wisconsin, the consequence of a weekend storm in the Great Lakes region that brought down power lines, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast.
A Thanksgiving weekend snowstorm dumped several inches of snow across Minnesota on Saturday and Sunday. The National Weather Service reported more than 8 inches of snow in Rochester, 6.5 inches in Chanhassen, more than 5 inches at Duluth International Airport, and about 4 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Light snow and decreasing winds will wrap up our holiday weekend with a few peeks of sunshine possible. Cold air will continue to filter in through the week, bringing the potential for subzero readings by week’s end.
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