Our Thursday begins with a smooth journey through areas that have accumulated overnight snow, usually south along a line from Minon to Drummond to Saxon. That snow is gone and all that remains this morning is some light snow from south of the Iron Mountains to south St. Louis and Lake Company. You can clear the snow here before it disappears by mid-morning.
Wednesday's warmth is behind us and cooler weather is settling in towards the end of the week. It's the first time in almost four weeks that temperatures have dropped below 16 degrees in Duluth, and Friday's high temperature will be difficult to break above 15 degrees. Temperatures start off today in his teens to low 20s, but temperatures are pretty steady in Duluth with a daytime high of 23 degrees. The colder air will be pushed into the area by fierce northwesterly winds of about 15 mph. Areas away from Lake Superior could dip into the single digits tonight, and cooler areas of northern Minnesota could see freezing temperatures. After that, Friday's highs remained in the 10% range across Northland.
Northwesterly winds and colder air are expected to bring lake-effect snow to the south shore of Lake Superior today through Saturday, but most of the snow will remain east in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Areas of the Wisconsin snow belt should generally stay within an inch during this period. Minimal light snow will slide in south of the Canadian border Friday night and will move over Arrowhead into Saturday morning, but it will only accumulate less than an inch. Dry stretches are expected from Sunday into early next week. Temperatures will start to trend upward starting Saturday, with highs in the mid 20s to low 30s, continuing through Tuesday, when highs should be below freezing across the region.
