Behind the fresh snowfall, colder temperatures for Thursday and Friday

Thursday will be breezy with sunshine returning

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Forecast highs Thursday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Behind the fresh snowfall we’ll see sunshine Thursday, but it will be breezy and cooler with a colder overnight Thursday night into Friday. Temperatures will warm back up by Sunday and Monday. 

After a rare snowfall, some rare below-normal temperatures 

We finally saw some real snowfall in southern Minnesota last night. Snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 7 inches across the Twin Cities metro, making it the largest snowfall this season by far.

Behind the snow will come some cooler air riding in on a northwest breeze. Highs will be mostly in the 20s to near 30 in southern Minnesota with just teens in northwest Minnesota. A northwest breeze will add a bit of a chill to the air but we’ll also have sunshine except in far northern Minnesota where clouds will linger. 

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Forecast wind gusts 6 a.m. Thursday through 5 p.m.
College of DuPage Weather

Look for a colder overnight Thursday night. Lows will drop to subzero readings in the northwest to teens south. 

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Forecast lows Thursday night
NOAA via pivotal weather

Some light snow will again clip southwest Minnesota, primarily with a potential coating of snow there late in the overnight Thursday night.

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Forecast precipitation 3 p.m. Thursday through 3 a.m.
College of DuPage Weather

Wind chill values will be subzero across northern Minnesota and in the single digits to around 10 degrees in southern Minnesota early Friday morning.

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Forecast wind chills early Friday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Highs Friday will be below normal for a change — in the 20s south to teens north with partly cloudy skies.

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Forecast highs Friday
NOAA via pivotal weather

The weekend looks mostly dry with Saturday starting out on the cooler side again, but by Sunday and Monday temperatures are back above normal in the 30s to even low 40s.