TODAY:  PARTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY BUT TEMPS RISING TO NEAR 20 TO 25 EAST TO WEST.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20, GUSTING TO 25.

TONIGHT:  MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY.  1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY,

THURSDAY:  SNOW ENDING, WIND SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST, FOLLOWED BY FALLING TEMPS AND BLOWING SNOW.  WIND: NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH, GUSTING TO 35, SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS.   MID-DAY HIGH NEAR 30 DEGREES THEN COLDER.

FRIDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY.  MORNING LOW AND HIGH BOTH IN THE TEENS.  WIND: NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH.

SATURDAY:  CLOUDY WITH SNOW.  1 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE, LESS WIND THAN TOMORROW, BUT MORE SNOW.  TEMPS IN THE TEENS.  LIGHT NORTH WIND.

SUNDAY:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.   SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING, THEN COLD.  LOW: 5 ABOVE, HIGH: 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

NEXT WEEK:  UNEVENTFULLY COLD WEATHER.  LOWS BELOW ZERO, HIGHS SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO.  SOME SNOW BY THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.