TODAY:  AREAS OF FOG AND HAZE EARLY IN THE EASTERN DAKOTAS, THEN MOSTLY SUNNY AND MILD WITH A LIGHT SOUTH BREEZE, WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL STAY MOSTLY CLOUDY AND IN THE MID 20S.   WHERE THERE IS SUNSHINE, A HIGH NEAR 30.

TONIGHT:  RISING TEMPERATURES, CHANCE OF SOME MIXED PRECIP OR LIGHT SNOW LATE NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY.  THEN SOME SNOW IN THE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY A NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.   SOME BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY NIGHT: CLEARING AND COLD!   SATURDAY MORNING LOW A LITTLE ABOVE ZERO WITH COLD WIND CHILLS.

SATURDAY:  MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY.  HIGH: NEAR 30

SUNDAY:  MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY.  HIGH: NEAR 40.

CHRISTMAS WEEK: SUNDAY NIGHT & MONDAY, THEN AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SOME SNOW, OTHERWISE MOSTLY HIGHS NEAR 30 AND LOWS IN THE TEENS.