Regional weather view.
A strong clipper system will cross the Upper Midwest and bring heavy snow to parts of the region, a large stripe where significant accumulations are likely in parts of Central Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa and far Western and Southern Wisconsin. Minor accumulations a likely north and south of this area. Arctic air will dive south behind the storm bring a cold rest of the weekend.
Local View
Note: I’ve made changed to the forecast totals due to the models showing a slight shift to the south. I’ve dropped totals over Central and Southern areas.
Attention for our local area is turned to the strong clipper system mentioned above because of it’s potential to bring winter storm value accumulations to parts of our area. It will be a quick moving system and totals will pile up fast before snow ends. Friday will start of partly to mostly cloudy highs in the low 20s, before becoming all cloudy in the afternoon. Snow will start off light late Friday during the day, then it will likely
become quite heavy Friday night, especially for
southwestern parts of the local area Snow, moderate to heavy at times will last through the night Friday and into Saturday Morning, then Light snow will taper to flurries by mid morning Saturday, and much colder air will begin to user in. Skies will clear late Saturday, and
lows will fall to the low single digits, and some places will fall below zero. Sunday Arctic Air will be in place and even with sunny skies, highs will struggle to reach the low to mid 10s. Sunday Night will likely be the coldest night of the season so far, with low temps falling to the low singles digits to just below zero
Snowfall Accumulations
Right now it appears the highest snow totals will be across the Southwest and Southern sections of the local 6 county area area. Places in St Croix County, possibly extending into Southwest Polk and Dunn Counties will have to potential to see 4-8″ with amounts up to 9 inches not out of the question for communities that are in the far southwest sections of St Croix County like Hudson, and River Falls. North and east of this area minor accumulations will fall, with 2 up to 3 inches are possible for all locations in Polk, Barron, Southwest Burnett and Northern Dunn counties, this includes my location. Even with the 2-4 inch totals for this area, amounts as high as 5 inches will be possible along or just north of the Orange line above. Finally 1-3 inches are possible north of the dark blue line above for Northeast Burnett and Washburn counties. The snow type will be light and fluffy since temperatures will be in the low to mid 20s for the entire duration of the event, and it will easily pile up since wind will not be strong. Effects to people with this system will likely be high because the area that will get the heaviest snow has not yet seen this much snow accumulation so far this season. People in the area should prepare for heavy snowfall and significant snowfall accumulations especially in St Croix County.
Friday, Partly to mostly cloudy becoming cloudy. Light snow developing in last in the afternoon. Highs in the low 20s Friday Night, Snow, some could be moderate to heavy at times especially in southwest areas. Lows in the mid 10s.
Saturday, Snow early tapering to flurries by mid morning. Storm total snowfall accumulations 5-8 inches in the Southwest areas 3-5 in Central and Eastern areas and 1-3 in Far northeast areas. Highs in the mid 20s Saturday Night, Clearing and Cold lows in the low single digits.
Sunday, Cold! Sunny Skies with highs in the low to mid 10s. Sunday Night, Clear and Cold! Lows in the low single digits to just below zero.
Monday, Sunny and Cold! Highs in the mid teens. Monday Night, Clear and Cold! Lows in the low single digits to just below zero.
Looking Ahead
Weather stays dry and cold through about Wednesday of next week before warmer air finally starts to move back in. Thursday looks a bit warmer and dry. Then Friday the 10th a clipper system appears to move in dropping light accumulations and bringing another shot of cold air behind it by Saturday the 11th. This appears to be short lived because a significant warm- up is showing up just 2 days beyond this for Monday the 13th, then cold air comes right back down by the 14th Snow is possible. The rest of the model shows a slow warm up once again before more snowy systems move into the region. This will definitely be changing to stay tuned to later forecasts.
Regional weather view.