After a slow start to the winter, we finally have snow chances pretty much every day this week. We will have a quiet start to the morning before snow enters the region midday today. Snow will become widespread by the late afternoon, resulting in slick travel for our evening rush hour.

Snowfall rates will be the highest tonight into early Saturday. Light snow will continue Saturday morning, but northern Wisconsin will have a break much of the day Saturday. This system will clear out Sunday morning. Total snow accumulations will be 3-6” for areas north of Carlton County and 1-3” elsewhere.

Afternoon highs today will be in the upper 20s to low 30s. We will not cool off too much tonight as overnight lows only drop to the 20s. This will be the warmest night this week.

Saturday will be a couple of degrees warmer than today, and then a cold front will move through Saturday night. Starting Sunday, we will stay below freezing throughout the Northland for at least a week. This means our snow will stick around, ski hills will be able to make more snow, and outdoor ice rinks will have good conditions to hopefully be able to open.

There is a chance of snow Monday night into Tuesday, but most of that system will likely stay to our south. There are more chances Wednesday and Thursday.

Today

A slight chance of snow and freezing drizzle between noon and 1pm, then snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 28. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight

Snow. Low around 25. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday

Snow. High near 32. South wind around 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday

A 40 percent chance of snow before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Tuesday

A chance of snow before 7am, then a slight chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday

A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Northwest wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Thursday

A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.