WINTER STORM WATCH STARTS AT MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL DAKOTAS AT 3 AM ALONG THE I-29 CORRIDOR EASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW

TODAY:  CLOUDY AND MILD WITH A BIT OF A BREEZE AND A WIND CHILL.   HIGH: MID TO UPPER 30S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH

TONIGHT:  SNOW, POSSIBLY PRECEDED BY SOME FREEZING RAIN.  INCREASINGLY WINDY.  WIND TURNING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH.  1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.  SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN RURAL AREAS ESPECIALLY.

WEDNESDAY:  SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES,  TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE.   TEMPS FALLING TO ZERO TO 5 ABOVE BY LATE AFTERNOON, WIND GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH INTO TOMORROW NIGHT.

THURSDAY:  SUNNY AND COLD.  MORNING LOW 5 TO 10 BELOW.  HIGH: ZERO TO 5 ABOVE.  WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH.

CHRISTMAS DAY:  COLD MORNING. LOW NEAR 5  BELOW.   HIGH: IN THE MID 20S.  WIND: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH

SATURDAY & SUNDAY:  COOL BUT DRY.  HIGHS IN THE 20S.

NEXT WEEK:  MILD AND DRY.  HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S LOWS: SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE.