Mild with Rain for Thursday Then cold with wind driven snow by New Years Arctic Air by Sunday Updated X2

Regional Weather View.

We got 2 storm systems battling out between warm and cold air right over the Upper Midwest Rain will be possible over Eastern MN and all of Wisconsin Friday with very mild temperatures West in Northwest Minnesota and North/South Dakota, they will be dealing with significant snowfall, Then a strong cold front will move east and bring freezing rain, then snow to western WI and eastern MN minor accumulations are possible there with significant accumulations possible in central, western and northern MN

Local View

Note: This forecasting has been updated and changed. I've added the rest of New Years weekend.

We will have a messy end to the week with weather 2 storm systems will pass the local area. In the first one the local area will be in the warm sector of this storm, which will bring plain rain Thursday, but a strong cold front on the tail end of the storm will bring sharply cold weather back into the area on strong west winds by Thursday Night, rain will change to freezing then snow as temperatures quickly fall below 32. The second low pressure will ride up pretty much directly over the local area, but I believe all preip will be of the frozen verity with ether sleet or snow much of Friday 1-3 inches of accumulation will fall in southern and central areas, with 2-4 inches in Northwest areas. Saturday or New Years Day will be very cold, it will be windy with wind driven flurries and light snow showers, Winds will be gusting to 30MPH at times, this with cold will bring well below zero wind chills. another 1-2 inches of accumulations could fall bringing 2-5" for the entire area. Sunday conditions will improve, we will have sunny skies and cold arctic high temperatures.

Thursday, Cloudy Mild with Rain, Highs in the mid to upper 30s. Thursday Night, turning colder, rain turning to Freezing Rain, then sleet or snow. turning breezy lows in the mid 20s

Friday, Cooler and breezy dropping temperatures through out the day. Sleet and snow likely, Friday Night, Cold, Windy, with cold wind chills a good chance of snow, lows in the upper single digits.

New Years Day! Cold & Windy with wind driven light snow and flurries. 2-5"-entire area storm totals. Highs in the low teens, Wind chill well below zero. Saturday Night, Cold, Partly Cloudy then clearing, breezy, lows around or just below zero.

Sunday, Sunny & Cold, highs in the upper single digits. Sunday Night, Partly Cloudy, lows in the single digits below zero.

Looking Ahead

Monday through Sunday between the 3rd and the 9th the models show a dry pattern setting up, but with the way the extended models have been these past few weeks it's hard to pin down long ranges forecasts. This will likely be changing.