Overview
- Dense morning fog, including pockets of freezing fog, reduced visibility across central and eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin before gradually improving by midday.
- Rain arrives this afternoon in southeastern Minnesota and reaches the metro toward sunset, then mixes with and changes to light snow during the evening.
- Snow totals in the Twin Cities are expected to be minimal, generally a coating to under a half‑inch.
- Localized accumulations of 1–2 inches are possible along and southeast of a Faribault–Red Wing–Eau Claire line.
- Precipitation tapers overnight as temperatures fall into the upper 20s, creating a Friday morning refreeze risk, with a colder weekend in the 20s and a Saturday system favoring light snow mainly in western Wisconsin; some forecasts note a brief warmup early next week and one outlet flags a potential turn to very cold nights later in January.