TODAY:  CLOUDY EAST, SUNNY WEST.  AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW, MOSTLY NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND EXTREME EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.  AN INCH OR TWO.   HIGH: NEAR 20.   LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND.

FROM LATE AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY:  CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW.   AN INCH OR TWO BY THURSDAY MORNING.  LOW:  NEAR 15.  HIGH: LOW 20S.

THURSDAY:  BLUSTERY AND COLD WITH NEAR STEADY TEMPS IN THE MID TEENS.  COLD WIND CHILLS.  SOME BLOWING SNOW.  WIND: 10 TO 20, GUSTING TO 30 MPH.

THIS WEEKEND:  CLEAR AND COLD.  MORNING LOWS, SUBZERO,  DAYTIME HIGHS SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE.

NEXT WEEK:  MODERATING TEMPERATURES. CHANCE OF SNOW MONDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY.