THIS MORNING:  LIGHT SNOWFALL WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS.   THEN DECREASING CLOUDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY.  SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 10 TO 15 BY EVENING.  WIND: NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 30 THIS MORNING WILL ALSO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT:  PARTLY CLOUDY, LOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE.  LIGHT SOUTH BREEZE OVERNIGHT.

THURSDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY AND PLEASANT.  HIGH: ABOUT 20.  SOUTH BREEZE 5 TO 15 MPH.

NEW YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY:  CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND MILD.  LOW: ZERO TO TEN ABOVE.  HIGH: LOW TO MID 20S.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NEXT WEEK:  MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS, CLEAR MILD NIGHTS AND CONTINUED DRY.  LOWS: 10 TO 15, HIGHS NEAR OR IN THE LOW 30S.