Cool, quiet Thursday in Minnesota; winter storm rakes Iowa, Wisconsin
Heavy snow in parts of Iowa and southern Wisconsin
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Our winds won’t be as strong as yesterday, but it will still be a bit breezy. Temperatures will be well below normal.
Monday highs
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 29 degrees this time of year. We won’t come close to that mark Thursday.
Monday highs will be in the teens in many locations, with lower 20s in the Twin Cities metro area and southeastern Minnesota:

Parts of far northwestern Minnesota will see highs in the single digits above zero.
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Storm tracks to the southeast
Our weather will be quiet across most of Minnesota Thursday. Far southeastern Minnesota could see a light snow shower. Meanwhile, a low-pressure system will spread several inches of snow across much of Iowa, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday:

Winter storm warnings cover much of southern and eastern Iowa Thursday:

Portions of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois have winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories:

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.
