12-18-17 Northern Plains Regional Forecast: Snow chances work in mid-week, arctic blast builds in Christmas weekend! N.

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Month to date temperatures and precipitation:

Winter weather advisory for northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota through mid-afternoon.  Freezing rain/sleet has been reported here this morning.  Roads may be very slick.

A couple weak disturbances will bring some light snow/mixed precipitation across North Dakota/northern Minnesota today…areas south should remain dry.  

Tracking two shots of snow for mid/late week.  The first round will move across North Dakota/northern half of Minnesota on Wednesday, with a solid 3-5″ possible.  Here are the forecast snow totals out through 6am CST Thursday:

Another round of snow will attack southern parts of the region on Thursday.  This likely lays down a few to several inches of snow.  Still a few days to fine-tune amounts and exact placement.  Here is the forecast radar from Wednesday afternoon through early Friday:

It turns FRIGID for the weekend into late next week.  Here are our weeks 1 and 2 outlooks..we are talking 20º below seasonal normals for week 2.