TODAY:  CLOUDY AND MILD.  LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE IN THE 20S,  COOLER ACROSS MINNESOTA.   LIGHT SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BREEZE.

TONIGHT:  CLOUDY AND MILD,  LOW NEAR 20. WIND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH.  SOME BLOWING SNOW.

TUESDAY:  LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING, AN INCH OR TWO SOUTH, 3 TO 4 ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2.  THEN BY MID DAY A WIND SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND HIGHER WILL CREATE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN RURAL AREAS.   EXPECT FALLING TEMPERATURES, COLD WIND CHILLS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WEDNESDAY:  SUNNY AND COLD.  LOW NEAR 10 BELOW. HIGH: NEAR 5 BELOW, VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 25 MPH BY MID DAY.

THURSDAY:  SUNNY AND COLD.  LOW 25 BELOW.  HIGH: 5 TO 10 BELOW.

FRIDAY:  CLOUDY AND COLD MORNING.  LOW: NEAR 10 BELOW, BUT A SOUTH WIND WILL MODERATE TEMPERATURES TO NEAR 20 ABOVE BY AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

QUIETLY COLD THIS WEEKEND.