WINTER SOLSTICE OCCURS AT 9:27 PM CST

TODAY:  CLOUDY TO PARTLY SUNNY AND MILD, A BIT BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON.  HIGH: MID TO UPPER 30S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15, GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT:  CLOUDY AND MILD.  LOW: MID 20S.  SOUTHEAST BREEZE.

FRIDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY,  HIGH: MID TO UPPER 30S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST, LIGHT.

SATURDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM.  HIGH: 37 TO 42.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 5 TO 20 MPH.

SUNDAY:  CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF RAIN, ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA, EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  HIGH: MID 30S.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH

MONDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY:  CLOUDY AND CONTINUED MILD, BUT A WIND SWITCH TO THE NORTH MID DAY MAY PROVIDE SOME SNOW MIXED WITH THE RAIN.  SLIPPERY SURFACES, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT ARE POSSIBLE.  LOWS: LOW TO MID 20S. HIGHS: LOW TO MID 30S. WIND: NORTH 10 TO 20, GUSTING TO 25 MPH

TUESDAY:  SOME LINGERING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.  HIGHS NEAR 30.  LOWS: NEAR 20.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEW YEARS EVE:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, CLOUDY AT TIMES, CONTINUED WARMER THAN NORMAL AND VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE OF ANY PRECIPITATION.  HIGHS: MID 30S.  LOWS: TEENS AND 20S.