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Active week with a few different snow chances

Temps will also be briefly colder late week

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Forecast surface weather conditions early Monday
National Weather Service

Our active pattern continues with snow north Monday and snow south Tuesday. Another system Thursday could bring more snowfall and colder temperatures.

Active pattern with a few snow chances

Snow showers mixed with a little light freezing drizzle will move across northern Minnesota Monday. This is the first of three systems to affect the region this week. 

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Forecast precipitation 8 a.m. through 8 p.m. Monday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Up to an inch or two of snow is possible Monday for northern portions of the state along with some potential light ice due to patchy freezing drizzle.

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Forecast snowfall Monday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

It will be another very mild day with highs in the upper 30s across southern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Monday
National Weather Service

Another disturbance blows through the state Tuesday along with a cold front, bringing snow showers to a narrow swath of central and southern Minnesota. 

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Forecast precipitation 6 a.m. Tuesday through 4 a.m. Wednesday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

This time central and southern Minnesota will see some snowfall accumulation:

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Forecast snowfall Tuesday
National Weather Service

Beyond that, a pretty vigorous clipper moves in Thursday bringing a better snow potential. This is probably the more significant system of the week to watch.

Snow showers will develop Wednesday night into the day Thursday. A wide swath of several plus inches is possible roughly along Interstate 94 from Fargo, N.D., and across Minnesota through St. Cloud and the Twin Cities area.

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Forecast model scenarios for Thursday snowfall potential
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Behind it, colder air moves in for Friday and Saturday. Overnight lows Thursday and Friday nights will be below zero in northern Minnesota with highs mostly in the teens.

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Forecast lows Thursday night and highs Friday
National Weather Service