Foggy start, wet finish to Thursday in Twin Cities; colder weekend ahead

The Twin Cities will have a foggy start, and wet finish, to Thursday.

Expect dense fog and pockets of freezing to fog linger through sunrise across central and eastern Minnesota into western Wisconsin. Visibility improves slowly.

Thursday will be mild for January with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s before temperatures start trending colder at night.  

Rain will develop Thursday afternoon, impacting southeastern Minnesota. The Metro area is expected to remain mostly dry. The rain will then transition into snowy mix, with the accumulation amounts staying under an inch. 

Friday into the weekend, colder air settles in with highs mainly in the 20s. The skies will clear and we could see some sunshine. Another round of light snow will move through Friday night into Saturday. The accumulation is expected to remain under an inch. A Saturday system may bring light accumulating snow, mainly across western Wisconsin.

Conditions will be dry and quiet Sunday into early next week, followed by a noticeable warmup with highs back into the 30s and 40s by Monday and Tuesday.