Up and down temps, still below norms...Forecast below

A rather dull week ahead,with slowly warming temps..Followed by cooler temps,followed by warmer temps for the upcoming weekend....

CURRENT CONDITIONS......

Temps at this 8 AM hour range from Middle tens below zero through our Central and Southern areas of MN, and WI...Northern areas of MN temps range from -20 to -30
Skies are clear....Very little wind to speak off attm.

SFC ANALYSIS...........

Weather charts this morning showing a large area of high pressure over the Northern plains and Great Lakes are,out towards the Eastern Coast States...Meanwhile we see a system getting it's act together over the Rockies....

TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY....

High pressure will remain in control of out weather pattern through this time frame..This will keep all of the snow way to our South over IA...Temps will start the period on the cold side,however a slow warming trend begins Tuesday and last through Wednesday....Temps and Monday shall range from -2 to 5 with lows ranging from -25 to -15.. Tuesday temp warm into the teens with lows either side of zero...Wednesday shall see temps around the lower teens, maybe some of our warmer areas lower 20s...Low should remain above zero..I did run with a chance of snow/flurries in our Northern areas of MN as a system moves in from Canada...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.....

Said system above moves along the MN/Canada border...This will spread in light snow and flurries across most of the FA Wednesday night into Thursday...
This will also drag a cold front back into and through the area by Thursday morning/early afternoon...Friday shall be dry with high pressure nearby...Wednesday looks to the warmer day of the work week...highs could range from the lower to middle 20s....Lows back into the single digits....Thursday highs lower to middle teens with lows dropping back below zero once again...Still temps will be below norms

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

Will see another system move along the MN Canada border.Sunday/Monday.Should see about the thing as on Wednesday through Thursday...Temps still below norms

LONG TERM ( TUESDAY FEB 3 THROUGH TUESDAY FEB 10)

Looks to be an active weather pattern setting up over the FA through this time frame...Mainly towards the end of this period....
Saturday the 7 models showing a storm system moving in from the Southwest....This system will have enough cold air to produce snow....Sunday night through Tuesday,another system moves in the Southwest this system may drag enough warm air into the upper levels to produce a mix of percip...As of right now it looks like most of our WI FA will see mainly rain from this system..Then changing over to snow before ending....This system as the way it stands right now,could bring in a few thunderstorms to parts of WI...This is still a long ways out on the chopping board,so my confidence is really low attm in the long term....