Light Friday/Saturday snow. then cold with arctic air Sunday.

Regional Weather View.

A cold weekend ahead for the Upper Midwest, first, some light snow and flurries will fall throughout much of the Upper Midwest on Friday and Saturday, then arctic air will be in place by Sunday. Heavy lake effect snows will fall in Northern Wisconsin to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.


Local View.


Locally we will see light snow or flurries on Friday, which could fall much of the day. Accumulations will be very light under or just up to an inch. Highs Friday will be in the low teens, with lows falling to the low single digits below zero. Saturday will be cold, Highs will be in the upper single digits, light snow will be possible early before clearing arrives by the afternoon. Saturday Night will likely be the coldest night of the season so far for many as temperatures, under sunny skies will plunge to the mid teens below zero. some places approaching -20.F will be possible Sunday will be cold with arctic sunshine and highs in the upper single digits. Lows Sunday night will be in the upper single digits below zero.

Friday, Light snow or flurries. Mostly Cloudy, highs in the low teens. Friday Night, Flurries or light snow, lows in the single digits below zero.

Saturday, Cold light snow early then ending with clearing skies. Highs in the single digits. Saturday Night, Cold, Clear skies with lows in the mid teens below zero.

Sunday, Cold, Arctic Sunshine with calm winds, highs in the upper single digits. Sunday Night, Clear Skies, lows in the upper single digits below zero.

Looking Ahead- bitterly cold air ahead

Monday following this Sunday looks a bit warmer as a storm system passes to our south. Behind it our first but warmer wave of Bitterly cold arctic air will follow it, highs will look be in the single digits, with lows falling near 20 below, but this is not nearly as cold as what we will have to put up with in the second wave. Around the 15th the models shift a snow system that was south north, and now it looks to bring minor snow our way. Behind it by the 16th, a very cold arctic high pressures system from Canada makes its way southward, with it Significant bitterly cold air follows. High temperatures is this air mass look likely to be well below zero, with lows possibly approaching 30 below This has the potential to be the coldest air mass we've seen in awhile and it could last as long as a week cold temperatures last through the 18th then light snows are possible, with more arctic air behind this system on the 20th. By the 21st, we may be looking towards a possible warm up, which by this time will be well needed.