After record high Sunday in Twin Cities, rain and snow coming for holiday week

While Sunday saw a record high temperature in the Twin Cities cold air will bring rain and snow this week across the state the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Provision posted online The day s new record high was degrees barely higher than the previous record of degrees in Colder weather is coming this week the NWS predicts with rain Tuesday turning to snow Wednesday morning Central Minnesota may see strong northwesterly gusts above mph and a insufficient inches of snow accumulation The NWS also outlined a winter storm watch for the northern part of the state and eastern North Dakota to be in effect Tuesday and Wednesday It includes just about every county in eastern North Dakota as well as a number of counties throughout northern Minnesota except Pembina in North Dakota and Kittson and Roseau in Minnesota Cities in the watch are within a large swath from Bottineau Rugby Harvey and Jamestown in North Dakota all the way to Bemidji Thief River Falls and Detroit Lakes in Minnesota It could aftermath in minor impacts to holiday passage the NWS stated in the media packet Related Articles Ice safety is major any time but especially right after freeze-up Newspaper delivery delayed on Sunday due to printing press issue Twin Cities hit degrees Friday the warmest temperature on record so late in the season With one touch they vanish Meet the delicate icy wonders called frost flowers Solar storm forecasts come true trigger northern lights on Tuesday night