Sunny and Cool Friday, then a big warm-up by the weekend, highs in or near the 60s by Monday! Looking ahead: Snow storm in our future?

Regional View

A very dry and cool start to the weekend for the Upper Midwest. A high pressure system will provide a quite cool Friday, but will make way for a nice a warming trend through the rest of the weekend. Skies should remain mostly sunny though the entire next 4 day forecast, with temps warming day after day.

Local View

Note: Mondays forecast has been added because of extra space I had available.

Friday will start of very cold for the local area. Lows Friday morning will start off in the low 20s, but spots in the North will likely reach the middle to upper 10s to start off the morning. Highs the rest of Friday will struggle to reach the upper 30s to low 40s. We will have a significant warm up by Saturday. It will be sunny with highs reaching the upper 40s to low 50s. Sunday will also be Sunny, with highs in the low to mid 50s. Monday will be much of the same, Sunny, but highs on this day may be as high as the upper 50s to low 60s in some spots, which is well above normal. Normal highs are in the mid 40s, and normal lows are in the upper 20s.

Friday, Cold starting off the day with lows in the 10s and low 20s. then Cool in the afternoon with sunny skies. Highs in the low 40s. Friday Night, Cool, Clear Skies. Lows in the mid 20s.

Saturday, Sunny Skies. Much warmer. Highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Saturday Night, Clear Skies, lows in the low to mid 30s.

Sunday, Sunny Skies, Warm with light winds! Highs in the low to mid 50s. Sunday Night, Clear Skies, lows in the upper 30s

Monday, Sunny Skies, Warm! Highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Monday Night, Clear Skies Lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.

Looking Ahead.

Tuesday after a very mild Monday will continue to be mild. but rain chances move in by late in the day, more towards Wednesday. Then Thursday a colder airmass makes it's way in and skies become mostly cloudy. then by Friday the 12 and Saturday the 13 the models show a system we have to watch closely. Right now it shows a low pressure system passing to the southeast of the area, with this colder airmass moving in, it could make for our 1st significant snow accumulations on the season. Behind this system very cold air makes it's way in, highs could struggle to even reach the 20s for highs! This system looks like the start of a cold, snow pattern because the rest of the model run keeps us cold with the off an on chance for snow. Tuesday the 16 shows cold and light snow, only to make way for a clipper-system light storm to move in by Thursday the 18th, bringing cold air behind it. then towards the end of the model on the 19th, the models show another potential snow storm. This is the time of year when we have to watch closely what happens, any week now we could have our 1st significant snow of the season. More on this later