Forecast

Large ridge of Arctic high pressure will remain in control of weather right through Friday..Weak system may kick off some light snow/flurries Wednesday night....

CURRENT CONDITIONS...

Temps this morning have the coldest air over in our MN zones...-17 to - 25 are being reported at this hours,while in our WI zones temps range from middle teens below to -20..Here at the office temps is at -18 while the city of Rice Lake is reporting -14..Temps may drop a little more as the sun comes up...Skies are clear through the FA..

SFC ANALYSIS....

A 1042 MB high pressure over Southeast SD/Southwest MN.This high pressure extends well into Canada..The Arctic cold front that blasted through the area Thursday night is now ready to set sail out to sea,along the Eastern Coast states...Front dips through central areas of AL,MS,LA,and through the Southern areas of TX...

TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.....

Rather dull weather pattern this coming work week,Most of the active weather shall remain in the far Western States and in the Southern States..Will see a chance of some light snow/flurries Wednesday night early Thursday morning as a cold front pushes through the area....Temps will be the coldest Sunday night with readings well below zero...-25 to -20 looks to be the to run through the entire forecast area...May see temps drop off a little more over our far Northeastern tip of MN...Temps start their climb towards the lower 20s as we head through the week...Low will climb to around the 10 degree mark or so.....

SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY....

Still looks to be dry period and warmer temps...Temps could reach into the upper 20s to lower 30s across much of my FA.While far Northern MN temps flirt with the middle to maybe the upper 20s..On Sunday a system is forecast to move along the MN/Canada border..This will bring a shot of some light snow across most of the FA..Highs on Sunday are forecasted to fall back into the lower to middle 20s....

LONGER TERM (MONDAY FEB 2 THROUGH SUNDAY FEB 8)

Tuesday and Wednesday we will have to watch a clipper like system dropping out of Canada, this as of right now looks like the strongest system we have seen in sometime...We will also be watching a system get going over the Southern plains and Northern plains...Late in this time frame....This system could bring us a miss of precip as we will be under warmer air..With temps right around the 0c mark...However Thursday and Friday time frame looks to rather warm with temps from 0c to +4C.