Regional Weather View.
A strengthening weather system has gained the attention of many as it is expected to impact the Upper Midwest to end this week. A low pressure system turning out to be as strong as a winter storm will be moving across Iowa will spread heavy snows in a very narrow band across Northern Iowa and Illinois. In this narrow area significant totals are possible. There will only be light snows in Southern Minnesota, and rain across far southern Iowa. All will become quiet as we move into the 1st half of the weekend.
Local and Metro views.
Note: This forecast has been updated the long range forecast has been updated to show next weeks chances and snow.
Snowfall Chances for tomorrow decreasing!
The model the past couple runs have trended the system that was expexted to hit our area tonight into tomorrow much further south and that was enough to almost completely erase the threat of snowfall for our area.We can now expect that Thursday will be mainly cloudy with only the threat of a few flurries and light snow, especially near the Iowa border Accumulations should be light under one inch. Highs will be in the mid 30s with lows in the upper 20s. Friday will also be cloudy, with just the slight chance of some light snow, it will be a bit cooler with with highs in the lower 30s and lows in the lower 20s. Saturday skies clear and becoming sunny out as a cooler airmass moved in. Highs will be near 30.F with lows in the upper 10s.
Thursday, A chance of light snow or flurries in the morning, otherwise cloudy with highs in the mid 30s. Thursday Night, A chance of light snow Lows in the mid 20s.Light accumulations under an inch.
Friday, A chance of light snow during the day then ending little or no accumulation, cloudy skies with highs in the low 30s. Friday Night, Cooler and breezy, chilly wind chills. Lows in the low 20s.
Saturday, Chilly Sunny skies, highs in the low 30s. Saturday Night, Increasing clouds, lows in the upper 10s.
Looking Ahead- Significant snowstorm for some Tuesday/Wednesday?
The forecast was updated mainly to let people know about this weekends system. It now looks likely that the snowstorm for Sunday will pass to our north bringing Northern Minnesota the bulk of the snow. We will be left with some rain and flurries with windy conditions Monday. The forecast models are still very active though, becuase now they are hinting at a very strong system for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week and significant snowfall looks like a certain possibility! The way this storm is set up right now looks like the heaviest snow will be to our north, with the chance for rain mixing in our area. Still the chance for widespread precip with this system looks pretty high as long as the models don’t change. After this system it cools down some and will have clear skies. There could be another chance at snow in the early part of March before a big pattern shift takes place, by the 5th of March the model shows a significant warm up, with several chances at rain and snow. It continues to be very warm through the 10th. More on this later.