Do you hear what I hear? Thunder on Dec. 25

Minnesotans experienced Christmas weather that was just about the opposite of those famous Currier and Ives prints of skaters on icy ponds surrounded by snow-blanketed cottages and horse-drawn sleighs.

Instead on Sunday, an overcast dawn led to icy drizzle, pelting rain, occasional thunder, gusty winds and slippery roads, with temperatures rising as the gloomy holiday wore on.

A freezing rain advisory in the metro expired at 3 p.m. Sunday but was replaced by a wind advisory from the National Weather Service, in effect until 3 p.m. Monday. Rain and rising temperatures were expected to make metro area roads less slippery, said meteorologist Eric Ahasic with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Chanhassen.

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