With temperatures much higher than usual this fall, Twin Cities residents are still kayaking and canoeing, flocking to parks and teeing off on lush, green golf courses.
But all that is set to change later this week.
The possibility of snow looms large Friday or Saturday, according to a cold weather system the National Weather Service is tracking.
There is still a lot of uncertainty about what the first big storm of the fall will bring to the Twin Cities — rain, snow, or a mixture of both — but it will definitely bring lower temperatures and wind, said meteorologist Eric Ahasic.
So far, November temperatures on average have been 13 degrees warmer than normal.
“We have been crazy warm to start November,” Ahasic said.
That pattern, with highs in the low to mid-50s will continue through Thursday this week, he said.
“Enjoy it while it lasts; early in the week is the time to get all the yard work done and mow the grass one more time” Ahasic said. “Because starting toward the end of the week it is going to change and we will finally start getting the cold air we should have been getting,” he said.
While the forecast is uncertain and could change, “right now there’s a pretty decent chance of seeing snow,” he said.
The bullseye for the storm is in the eastern Dakotas and northern Minnesota, such as near Fargo-Moorhead, Ahasic said.
“If you wanted to find snow, that’d be the place to find it,” he said.
Any snow the metro area does see probably would have trouble sticking because the weather has been so warm, he said.
