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Snowy rumors Wednesday into Thursday

Our brown late November landscape gets a fresh coating of white by Thursday morning. A minor snow system looks strong enough to produce widespread snowy coating starting Wednesday afternoon.

The Canadian GEM model paints the snow zone spreading across Minnesota Wednesday afternoon into midday Thursday.

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Canadian GEM model via tropical tidbits.

Widespread snowfall of 1 to 2 inches looks likely by midday Thursday. A few local 3-inch totals are possible.

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Weekend snow?

A few models spin up a storm system for Saturday across Minnesota. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model suggests a sleety rain to snow mix. The Canadian model suggests heavy snow for southern Minnesota Saturday.

The American models push the storm track south into Iowa once again. To be continued.

Milder air blows in

Temperatures across Minnesota bottom out Tuesday morning. Bank thermometers in the Twin Cities will flash 40 degrees by Friday afternoon.

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NOAA via Weather Bell.

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