Winter Weather

After a quiet Christmas, a developing system is bringing snow and a wintery mix to parts of Minnesota Sunday.

Usually on Christmas Eve, Minnesota looks like a winter wonderland. But this year, Mother Nature has the state in a warm embrace for the beginning of the holiday season.

Our late December thaw continues Friday. 

Say goodbye to what little snow pack we have left as we slide closer to Christmas with quite the late December thaw. 

A quick burst of snow is moving through the Twin Cities metro Tuesday morning, with just some minor dustings in most areas, while northern Minnesota could get a few inches.

The strong line of storms that pushed through Minnesota on Wednesday left behind damage in areas near the Iowa border.

A roundup of snowfall totals, snow emergency information, crashes and the forecast through the weekend.

When the snow starts to pile up, Minnesotans start to stock up.

Minneapolis and St. Paul have declared snow emergencies. Below are each city's instructions:

Friday's storm will not be anything we haven't seen before. At least a few inches are likely for much of the southern half of the state, but it's not going to be an epic storm of biblical proportions.

It's definitely late, but nearly a week into the month of December, it's finally starting to feel like December. 

There were some big weekend snow totals in northern Minnesota over the weekend, with up to 16 inches in some parts of the Arrowhead region. 

Frigid temperatures and strong winds are settling in across the state Monday and the snow over the weekend is causing some dangerous conditions for the morning commute. 

After a quick dumping of snow Saturday evening into Sunday morning, temperatures are expected to drop to single digits Monday, re-freezing much of the melt. The forecast becomes less about snow, and more about the cold and the wind chill.