A Few Chances for Snow This Week, Big Warm Up Next Week

UNDATED (WJON News)—Some places in Minnesota still may see a white Christmas.

Two rounds of snow are expected within the next few days, the first arriving Tuesday afternoon with 1-2 inches favoring southern Minnesota through early Wednesday.

National Weather Service

The 2nd, stronger system arrives Thursday afternoon, with our best-accumulating snow chance of the season so far. The most likely area to see higher accumulations is generally north of I-94 with southern Minnesota receiving the least.

National Weather Service

So far this season, St. Cloud has had 5.9 inches of snow, which is 6.7 inches of snow below normal. Our normal value is 12.6 inches of snow by this point in the season.

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For temperatures, we drop back to near to below normal the rest of the week.

However, The Climate Prediction Center says we should expect a big warm-up during Christmas week, which will continue into New Year's week, and into the first part of January.

Climate Prediction Center

Here in St. Cloud, The Weather Channel says we should have a high in the upper 20s on Christmas Eve Day, then possibly be in the upper 30s for Christmas Day. Mid-30s are possible every day beyond that through New Year's.

The normal high for St. Cloud for this time of the year is 25 degrees.