The forecast for Minneapolis, MN, calls for a Thanksgiving Day that might see some isolated flurries post noon. According to the National Weather Service, the day is primarily set to be mostly cloudy with highs near 27 degrees and the presence of northwest winds brushing through at speeds of 10 to 15 mph. Post the holiday, residents can anticipate the weather to remain consistently chilly, hovering mostly in the 20-degree range.
Heading into tonight, the skies are expected to stay mostly cloudy as the temperatures dip to a chilly 17 degrees, with winds slowing down to a drift between 5 to 10 mph from the northwest. Friday doesn't promise much change under its mostly cloudy wing, the highs barely budging near 25 degrees, and the winds, starting west northwest, calm to a faint whisper by morning.
In a turn towards the colder narrative, Minneapolis should brace for a likely snowfall Friday night, which is forecast to usher in roughly an inch of new snow mainly after midnight. "Cloudy, with a low around 19," the National Weather Service contributes, noting a calm wind that is expected to rise slightly to an east-northeast breeze at about 5 mph after midnight, carrying with it a 60% chance of precipitation.
As the weekend unfolds, Saturday's stage is set for snow attribution to a probability that rises to 80%, the temperature peaking near 25 degrees amongst east northeast winds of 5 to 10 mph and a fresh coat of 1 to 3 inches of snow laid down on the city, while Saturday night snow is likely to retreat, leaving less than an inch before midnight under pinpricks from a north wind drawling around 10 mph. Sunday delivers a mostly sunny reprieve despite the high only claiming a spot near 18 degrees, the northwest winds persisting in their 10 mph march, and the evening partly cloaking itself with a low diving to about 2 degrees.
With the new week, Monday hints at a partly sunny disposition with a comfortable high near 15, a south-southwest wind making a modest entry between 5 to 10 mph. A semblance of that cloud cover is forecast to linger through Monday night as temperatures lean into a 7-degree low, the south southwest winds holding their gentle sway around 5 mph. As mentioned in the National Weather Service forecast, Tuesday and Wednesday will sustain the trend of partly sunny skies and highs in the lower 20s, making way for slightly warmer conditions in Minneapolis before the northwest winds step in again by Wednesday afternoon.
