Updraft

Long-range models hint at milder than average start to winter.

This week will begin with a pleasant Monday blessed with light winds. Tuesday will be damp and cool. Warmer temperatures will head our way later in the week.

Our weekend featured chilly temps, gusty winds and some snow showers and rain showers. It has to get nicer, doesn’t it? Milder temps are in the forecast this week, but some areas will see rain showers or snow showers before the warmest temperatures arrive.

A slow-moving low pressure system will give us a chilly and breezy Sunday, with some on and off snow showers and rain showers. Monday is looking better and temperatures will be rebounding nicely later this week. We also have a fall color update.

Minnesotans had to deal with some snowflakes on Saturday, but the snow began Thursday and lasted into Saturday in parts of North Dakota., with some incredible snow totals. Our Sunday will be less flaky than Saturday in Minnesota, and we’ll see temperatures rebound as we go through this coming week.

An update on the snowstorm that has caused highway closures across much of eastern North Dakota. We have the latest warnings and advisories, plus your weekend forecasts for Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Wintry pattern this weekend.

An intense snowstorm will continue this Friday and on into Saturday in the eastern half of North Dakota, withe heavy snow also spreading into portions of northwestern and west-central Minnesota. Fierce winds and snowstorm totals of 1 to 3 feet are expected in parts of North Dakota. Portions of northwestern Minnesota could see a foot of snow by Saturday morning, with severe drifting of snow due to strong winds. The Twin Cities metro area could see some minor snow accumulation from this storm, with chilly temperatures lingering through the weekend.

Major winter storm brackets Red River Valley.

Travel may become impossible in much of North Dakota from late Thursday through Friday night due to heavy snow and fierce winds. Northwestern Minnesota will see rain initially, which will change to a rain-snow mix and then all snow later Thursday, and continue as all snow Thursday night and Friday. Winter storm warnings start at 7 p.m. Thursday in part of far northwestern Minnesota.