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Periods of snow or a rain/snow mix Saturday; gusty winds
It’ll feel wintry today, with cooler temps and periods of snow or a mix of snow and light rain at times. Winds will be gusty too.
Continued mild Friday but wintry weather arrives Friday night into Saturday
We’ll squeeze out one more very mild day in southern Minnesota but a clipper system is bringing cold air and rain and snow showers late in the day. That wintry precipitation will spread statewide into Saturday. 
Clipper system bringing colder air, snow showers to Minnesota Friday
A clipper system will bring colder air and snow showers to northwest Minnesota. It will still be mild southeast Friday, but colder air and snow showers will develop statewide into Saturday. 
Warmth lingers on Friday; colder Saturday, with some periods of snow
We’ll be unusually warm again on Friday, then it’s back to more typical December temps this weekend. Many of us will see some flakes on Saturday.
Near-record warmth Thursday; cooler weekend with snow showers possible
Near-record highs are possible Thursday with temperatures running 15 to 30 degrees above normal. Minnesota will see snow showers to the north on Friday and statewide by Saturday. Cooler readings are in store for the weekend. 
Very warm Thursday; more seasonable weekend temperatures
Thursday will bring even warmer temperatures and some will be near record territory. We’ll see plenty of sunshine also. A clipper system will bring snow showers to northern Minnesota Friday and cooler air for all this weekend. 
50s on tap for Thursday; 30s return this weekend
It was much warmer than normal Wednesday afternoon and even warmer temps are on tap for Thursday. We have your weather outlook heading into the weekend.
Mild, breezy Wednesday with warmer air ahead
We’re in for a December heat wave the next few days with highs in the 40s and 50s in southern Minnesota. Cooler air is back for the weekend with some snow possible especially north.