Do Not Be Afraid...

The bright yellow object in the sky which will be visible late afternoon is called the sun. It is a perfectly normal phenomenon which occurs many times throughout the year. *grin*

Thursday's snow seems to be for widespread 1-2" with more accumulation in IA and WI.

The real weather story is the weekend Arctic chill which will bring very cold temperatures. Sunday morning at 7 AM should bottom out below zero with both days seeing highs in the low teens.

Next weeks storm is still on the map but in typical weather model fashion, they have waffled on the precipitation amounts and are showing much, much less. The good news is the cold weather will still remain in place so no marginal temperature issues with this storm. The hope would be a NW trend as has happened with the past few storms. That would bring better precipitation amounts our way and make for much higher snowfall totals. Let's note give up hope for the big one next week...

One reason to never give up hope is busting in a good way. Rather than predicting snow and getting none, sometimes the actual amount goes over the prediction. The "thumb" area of Michigan expected a couple of inches overnight but people waking up this morning received five inches with a couple more coming. A snow advisory was also issued overnight. Surprise but in a very good way...