WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN AND NORTHEAST THIRD OF NORTH DAKOTA – NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
               WIND ADVISORY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 TODAY
 
TODAY:  A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MID DAY, THE WIND INCREASES TO 40 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH, RAPIDLY WARMING TO NEAR 40 DEGREES, SO THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATER.  BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY LIKELY RURAL AREAS.
TONIGHT:  LIGHT SNOW, WIND TURNS NORTH/NORTHWESTERLY GUSTING TO OR OVER 45 MPH.  BLOWING SNOW AND POOR RURAL TRAVEL.  FALLING TEMPERATURES AND COLD WIND CHILLS.
FRIDAY:  WINDY AND COLD WITH COLD WIND CHILLS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW.  NEAR ZERO AIR TEMPERATURE BY EVENING.  WIND CHILLS 20S BELOW AND COLDER.   WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 20 TO 45 MPH.
SATURDAY:  COLD WITH LIGHT SNOW.  MORNING LOW: TEENS BELOW.  HIGH: NEAR 5 ABOVE.
SUNDAY:  COLD WITH LIGHT SNOW.  MORNING LOW NEAR TEN BELOW.  HIGH: NEAR 10 ABOVE.
NEXT WEEK:  LESS ACTIVE WEATHER, ALTHOUGH SOME SNOW TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.