559 FPUS63 KMPX 292117 AAA SFPMN MNZ001>098-301030- STATE FORECAST FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WEST CENTRAL... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .TONIGHT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. SNOW LIKELY NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S. .THURSDAY...AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING. RAIN OR SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S TO LOWER 40S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MUCH COLDER. AREAS OF FOG. SNOW. A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN SOUTHEAST. LOWS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE NORTHWEST TO AROUND 20 ABOVE FAR SOUTHEAST. .FRIDAY...CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING EAST. SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN EAST. HIGHS 5 TO 25. .FRIDAY NIGHT...COLDER...CLOUDY. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THE EVENING SOUTHEAST. LOWS 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. .NEW YEARS DAY...CLOUDY...BREEZY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED FLURRIES IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 5 TO 10. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. HIGHS 5 TO 10. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. HIGHS 10 TO 20. $$