Bouts of light snow and cold ahead, polar weekend plunge
It's baaaaack!
Wintry weather has finally arrived for real. Cold breezes and occasional snow is in the air. It's not a blockbuster start to winter, but the descending cold will get you attention in the next few days.
Thursday's light snow event was enough to grease up area roadways. Here's a look at just one of the many metro incidents that occurred on slick roads Thursday afternoon, via the Minnesota Department of Transportation's traffic cams.
This van ended up sideways on the Crosstown Thursday afternoon.
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The advancing cold dome spawned this snowy strip on radar's Thursday evening. A coating to 1 inch of snow is likely across most of southern Minnesota before the snow tapers in the wee hours of Friday morning.
Positively Polar Weekend
An arctic front sweeps through northern Minnesota Friday, and through the Twin Cities area Friday evening. This one will get your attention folks. Here's a look at the temperature trends this weekend. The Twin Cities may struggle to get into the lower 20s Saturday afternoon.
Quiet, but cold Thanksgiving Week
Things still look favorable in the Upper Midwest for Thanksgiving week travel. Temps may run a few degrees below average overall, but the good weather news is I still don't see any travel trouble on the horizon.
