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Chilly Thursday with colder air moving in for the weekend

Snow looks to miss most of Minnesota Sunday

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Forecast temperature anomalies (departure from normal) Thursday afternoon
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via WeatherBELL Analytics

Another chilly day is on tap Thursday with a mix of clouds and sun. Temps dip more Friday into the weekend with the chilly pattern persisting into next week.

Chilly pattern persists 

It’ll be another chilly day Thursday with highs ranging from the low 20s in southern Minnesota to single digits northwest. We’ll see a mix of clouds and sun with a few flurries in some of those clouds as well.

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Forecast highs Thursday
National Weather Service

Overnight temperatures will dip into the single digits in southern Minnesota with single digits below zero north under partly cloudy skies.

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Forecast lows Thursday night
National Weather Service

Even colder air slides in for Friday but that will also make for more sunshine. Highs will be in the mid-teens to near zero northwest.

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Forecast highs Friday
National Weather Service

The chilly temps persist into the weekend and next week. The cold will likely keep a snowstorm south of most of Minnesota Saturday night into Sunday.

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Forecast jet stream pattern this weekend
WeatherBELL Analytics

The best chance at snow and rain will stretch from South Dakota into Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri into Illinois Saturday into Sunday.

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Forecast precipitation and type 6 a.m. Monday through 12 a.m. Monday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

The colder-than-normal pattern is likely to persist into all of next week with highs mostly in the teens in southern Minnesota to single digits or even below zero in the north.

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6 to 10-day temperature outlook
NOAA Climate Prediction Center