Regional View.
A Winter Storm will skirt West of our area Wednesday night and Thursday, With the outer edges hitting us, This will make for a little accumulation, but accumulations will be much higher over Western MN and Iowa, Behind this system, a Second wave of Cold Arctic air will rush down, This will begin Thursday but the full force will be here by Friday, Highs will be in the single digits.
Local View,
Wednesday, Skies will be clear at first then becoming partly Sunny, Wednesday will be the warmest they have been in awhile, Highs will make it to the low teens. Thursday, A winter storm will skirt us, With light snow, at the same some Arctic Air will start to pull in, Highs will only be in the mid single digits. total Snow accumulations will be a quarter inch to 1 inch. then Friday things clear out and it will get even colder, plus we will have cold wind chills, Highs will be in the low single digits to even possible -0 in spots in the north, Lows back in the teens below zero, Daily forecast below.
Wednesday, Sunny at first, then turning partly Sunny, Highs in the Mid teens. Wednesday Night, Cloudy, With lows just above zero.
Thursday, Cold, Partly Sunny to Cloudy, with light snow possible, Total accumulation 0.25″ to 1.0″ Winds will be cold, Thursday Night cloudy then clearing, lows falling to near -10.F
Friday, Sunny and Cold, with Cold winds, Arctic Air settling in, Highs just above zero, possible below area in some spots. Friday Night, Clear and Cold, lows approaching the mid teens below zero,
Looking Ahead.
Arctic Air wont last long after Friday, even on Saturday temps will be much warmer, as the models show Warmer air moving in from the west, It will stay dry, Highs could reach near 30.F on Sunday, before it gets a bit cooler, January 11th, but then Middle of next week January 13th, Then models show an even warmer brief air mass moving in from the west, Highs could even get above freezing. then the 14th We have a possible small system that could bring light snow, This system shows to bring a bit cooler air behind it, Then it looks much cooler around the 17th, with some light snows possible, then it shows warmer air moving in once again around the 20th, I see no large storm systems in the models at this time.