MN Weather: Warmer Temps On The Horizon

TWIN CITIES, MN — The bitterly cold weather will give way warmer temperatures Saturday when the high will hit 24 degrees. Temperatures will continue to rise through Tuesday when the high rise to the 40s.

Here's the full NWS forecast for the Twin Cities metro area:

Friday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around -6. Wind chill values as low as -19. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow between 7am and noon. Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as -20. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 0. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. South southwest wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. West northwest wind around 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.