Wed Jan 8 01:04:43 AM EST 2025 Ward- Including the city of Minot 1203 AM CST Wed Jan 8 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of flurries. Lows around 5 below. Temperature rising after midnight. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. .WEDNESDAY...Increasing clouds. Not as cold. Highs in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A chance of freezing rain in the evening. Cloudy with a chance of snow. Patchy blowing and drifting snow after midnight. Brisk. Not as cold. Snow accumulation around an inch possible. Lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Brisk. Highs around 30. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of snow in the evening, then a chance of snow after midnight. Lows 10 to 15. Chance of snow 50 percent. .SATURDAY...Snow likely. Highs in the lower 20s. Chance of snow 70 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Lows 5 to 10 above. .SUNDAY...Decreasing clouds. A 30 percent chance of snow. Highs 10 to 15. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows around 10 below. Chance of snow 20 percent. .MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs zero to 5 above. .MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 10 below. .TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.