Multiple snow chances this week followed by Arctic cold

The active week of weather continues as a system will bring snow to the area on Wednesday followed by additional snow chances on Friday and Saturday as a winter storm has its eye on the region.

A quick hitting system will track through Iowa late Wednesday afternoon and evening. It’ll pack just enough moisture to produce snow for much of the ABC 6 Weather First area. The dynamics are a bit high with this system so some short-lived intense snow bursts are possible especially in northeast Iowa.

In all, most will see a coating to 1″ with the potential of up to 2″ or more across far southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa.

Thursday will be a quiet day with a storm system revving up in the southern plains and tracking through the mid-Mississippi River Valley on Friday. The local area will be on the cold, wintry side of the storm once again so there is the potential of snow on Friday and into Saturday morning. The track of the storm is still uncertain so where the heavier snow lays out is still not known at this time. Expect details to get ironed out in the next 24-36 hours.

Arctic air will follow this storm as temperatures plummet below-zero by Sunday morning and they may not make it above-zero until Tuesday. Also, wind chills may get dangerously cold at times.