Regional weather view

After enjoying a week of sunshine, A wetter pattern is about to move into the central part of the Upper Midwest. A warm front and weak weather system will bring the threat of rain and snow to Minnesota and Wisconsin along with northern Iowa. Temperatures will be at least in the 40s across the region with 50s in Iowa. It will become considerably warmer and drier on Saturday.

Local view

Locally, the dry pattern we’ve enjoyed will come to an end as a weather system brings the threat of rain and snow. Thursday could actually bring sunshine early, with Increasing clouds in the morning, then light rain or drizzle will develop. It will not be an all day or steady rain, just off an on type of rainfall. Highs on Thursday will be in the low 40s with the rain and drizzle. If the precip sticks around long enough into the evening hours it may turn to a few snow flurries as temps fall to near freezing. There will be little to no accumulation for snow, Lows on Thursday night will only fall off to the lower 30s. Friday will be cloudy and wet, there could still be some flurries or drizzle in the morning otherwise it will be cloudy, precip should end by 3pm, highs will be in the upper 30s, Friday night skies will begin to clear, lows will fall into the mid 20s. Saturday will be pleasant, and it will be our nicest day of the weekend! it will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40s, places that have snow less ground in southern St Croix county could even manage 50, lows Saturday night will be not to bad in the low 30s once again.

Thursday, Sunny early with increasing clouds then Mostly cloudy with light rain or drizzle likely, highs in the low 40s. Thursday Night, light drizzle or snow flurries, little snow accumulation expected. Lows in the low 30s.

Friday, Cool, Light flurries or drizzle in the morning otherwise cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. Friday Night, Clearing skies with lows in the mid 20s.

Saturday, Nice and dry, Partly Cloudy with highs in the mid 40s Saturday night, Partly cloudy with lows in the low 30s.

Looking ahead

The main story in the looking ahead forecast is a strong storms system that will move across the Upper Midwest on Sunday and Monday, It has a low of potential to bring everything from heavy rain to sleet and heavy snow. It is far to early to tell what our area would get but it appears right now we are very close to the borderline of rain, sleet and snow. Behind this storm system on Tuesday it drys out, but really doesn’t get cold behind it at all like our last system. In fact it warms up nicely by Friday April 8th. On April 9th it shows a large rain system passing us to the south leaving us dry. Then the models are pointing at a potential pattern shift to a warmer pattern for us, it shows a warm up by April the 11th, then a significant warm up on the 14th, This run keeps us fairly dry, with rain and storm chances moving in by the 15th. These models have been changing and this has been a very odd Winter and Spring so please check back often