Minneapolis, MN – Thanksgiving travelers across Minnesota could face an increasingly active weather pattern as precipitation chances rise ahead of November 18–24, bringing renewed attention to potential snow, freezing rain, ice and winter storm conditions across the state during the busy holiday travel period.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, its November 10 outlook favors above-normal precipitation across Minnesota and much of the northern United States from Wednesday, November 18, through Tuesday, November 24.
The outlook highlights a widespread wetter-than-normal pattern extending from the western United States through the central Plains and Midwest. Some portions of the nation’s Heartland reach 70–80% probabilities of above-normal precipitation, with Minnesota included in the broader area of elevated precipitation probabilities…