120 AWUS83 KDLH 081050 RWSMN MNZ001>098-081630- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 447 AM CST SAT NOV 8 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SOUTH HALF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING... BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN A COOL WEEKEND FOR THE OPENING OF FIRE ARMS SEASON FOR DEER HUNTING IN MINNESOTA. HIGHS THIS WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 20S NORTH WITH 30S AND LOWER 40S SOUTH. TONIGHT...A QUICK BURST OF SNOW WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL AREAS. THOUGH THIS IS MINOR COMPARED TO WHAT IS TO COME TO START NEXT WEEK. BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...A LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL START MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST...WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL COME IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WHICH WILL COME DOWN HEAVY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY. WHERE EXACTLY THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO BE A POINT OF CONTENTION...BUT RIGHT NOW...AN APPROXIMATELY 70 MILE WIDE BAND OF 6-12 INCHES OF SNOW LOOKS TO FALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE TWIN CITIES AND CENTRAL MN. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...THE REST OF THE FORECAST CAN BE SUMMED UP WITH ONE WORD...COLD. TEMPERATURES THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE COLD...AT LEAST IT LOOKS MAINLY DRY AFTER MONDAY. $$