TODAY:  MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY SUNNY AND COLD.  TEMPS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE DAY.  WIND: TURNING TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.   SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING.

TONIGHT:  SNOW, 4 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NORTH OF MINOT THROUGH DEVILS LAKE, HILLSBORO, FARGO AND ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR.  RISING TEMPS TO THE UPPER TEENS BY MORNING, THEN A WIND SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST, WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

THURSDAY:  CLOUDY SKY, SNOW ENDING BY NOON.  STEADY TEMPS IN THE TEENS.  BLOWING SNOW AN ISSUE UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

FRIDAY:  PARTLY CLOUDY AND COLD.  LOW: 5 TO 10 BELOW.  HIGH: 5 TO 10 ABOVE.  NOT MUCH WIND.  SOME LIGHT SNOW LATE FRIDAY.

SATURDAY:  MORNING FLURRIES, THEN PARTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY.  HIGH IN THE TEENS.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 20 MPH.

SUNDAY:  PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY.  HIGH: MID 20S. WIND: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH.

MONDAY:  CLOUDY MORNING WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THEN PARTLY SUNNY AND MILD.  HIGHS: 20S

NEXT WEEK (CHRISTMAS):  MILD TEMPS WITH NO WORRISOME WEATHER.  HIGHS: 20S.  LOWS: TEENS.