Big temperature changes ahead

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – After a brutally cold and snowy stretch of weather, high temperatures will return to well above-average heading into the new year.

Temperature outlook — Temperature outlook(KTTC)

The Climate Prediction Center’s outlook for the first couple weeks in January, calls for above-average temperatures to dominate the upper Midwest. We’re looking at a 60-80% chance of above-average temperatures.

Temperatures — Temperatures(KTTC)

High temperatures will warm into the middle 30s through most of this week. Looking at long-ranged model data, above-average temperatures could continue all the way through January 15th.

Precip outlook — Precip outlook(KTTC)

With the increase in temperatures over the next week, our snow chances will be pretty limited heading into 2023. We’ll see a slight chance of a wintry mix Thursday and some flurries/light snow Saturday evening. The main system looks to be early next week. Current guidance keeps temperatures at or above freezing keeping our precip type closer to a mix. We’ll continue to track that system as we get closer to next Monday and Tuesday.

Snowfall stats — Snowfall stats(KTTC)

Our snowfall stats have been pretty impressive this month. Accumulations at RST have been 18.3″ of snow with a surplus of 7.8″. This season the snowfall total has now reached 24.8″ with is nearly 9″ above average. To this date last year, Rochester only had 11.1″ of snow.

7-day forecast — 7-day forecast(KTTC)

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