Regional weather view.
A mild Thursday will give way to a weather system on Friday. This weather system will bring a mixture of rain sleet and snow to Iowa, and all snow in Northern Iowa and southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, where minor snowfall accumulations are likely. Lingering snow showers will be possible on Saturday before this will make way for a cooler and sunny Sunday across the region.
Local and Metro views
Locally its going to be a nice but gusty Thursday ahead of our next weather system which will arrive on Friday giving us minor snow totals, Thursday under partly cloudy skies highs will rise into the middle 30s across the area, can could be a tad higher if we can get into some good sunshine. The sun would be short lived becuase Thursday Night it will cloud up ahead of Fridays system. Friday a lore pressures system will pass to our south in Iowa, and snow will develop Friday around noon or sometimes after. This system will be fairly minor but could cause in convenience travel, as some of the should could be briefly on the moderate side. Friday’s Accumulations, expect accumulations to be on the light to minor side, with a solid and widespread 1-2″ of accumulation. The snow will taper down sometimes Friday Night, but clouds will remain Saturday and there may even be a re development of light snow producing another dusting. Highs in the mid 20s Lows will be on the chill side in the single digits. A cold front will sweep through and bring in a weak arctic airmass for Sunday which will make for a clear and chilly day with highs only in the upper 10s, and lows in the mid 10s.Thursday, Mild and Partly Cloudy with gusty winds. Highs in the mid 30s. Thursday Night Increasing Clouds, Lows in low 20s.
Friday, Cloudy with snow developing in the afternoon, could be moderate at times. Highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Friday Night, Cloudy with snow, a widespread area wide total accumulation of 1-2″ lows in the mid 10s
Saturday, Cloudy with a chance of light snow or flurries, then turning breezy, Little or no accumulations. Highs in the mid 20s. Saturday Night, Chilly, clear skies with lows in the mid single digits.
Sunday, Chilly with Sunny skies, highs in the upper 10s. Sunday Night, Increasing clouds, lows in the mid 10s.
Looking Ahead
The chilly air for Sunday will be very short lived because by Monday were already looking at a much milder airmass, there may be some light snow as this moved in, before the very mild airmass moved in. Highs could be nearing 40 with this airmass. Tuesdays looks questionable in weather, it looks rather cloudy with a chance of light rain or light snow. Wednesday of next week it clears out and becomes a bit cooler and we have fair temps and dry conditions to end the week and start next weekend. By Monday the 4th of February it will be dry, and we will be looking at very mild air to our west. The have been persistent in showing a significant dry warm up arriving by Wednesday the 8th, The models show continued warmth with a questionable chance of rain developing by the 10th. It is too early to say wither or not this will happen, but it appears warmer temperatures may be on the way.