TODAY:  CLOUDY WITH STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES.  AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND RAIN, CHANGING TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN, THEN CHANGING TO SNOW LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL ISSUES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.  HOWEVER ANYWHERE IN THE EASTERN DAKOTAS, BE PREPARED FOR ICY ROADS BY THIS EVENING.  BY EVENING, TEMPS 20 TO 25.  WIND: NORTH/NORTHEAST 5 TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT:  AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANGING TO SNOW, ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WHERE AN INCH OR TWO OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF SOME ICY CONDITIONS. ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ICY ROADS.   LOW: NEAR 20.  WIND: NORTH 10 TO 25 MPH

SATURDAY & SUNDAY AND MOST DAYS NEXT WEEK:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.  HIGHS IN THE 30S,  LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S.

AFTER TODAY, NO SIGNIFICANT IF ANY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND.