Falling Temperatures In The Upper Midwest – National Weather Outlook For February 4, 2021

National Weather Forecast

A system moving through the central U.S. on Thursday will bring snow and ice across portions of the Upper Midwest across the Great Lakes with the potential of blizzard conditions in some areas. Rain will be possible from the Ohio River southward. Some rain and snow will be possible in the Northwest.

Over the next few days, up to around a foot of snow could fall across portions of the upper Michigan peninsula, along with portions of the western mountains. An inch or two of rain could fall across portions of the Ohio Valley and Southeast.

You can see temperatures will dive across portions of the northern United States as we head toward the weekend. Highs in the Twin Cities aren’t expected to climb above zero Sunday, and there will be areas in the upper Midwest that don’t make it above zero all weekend.

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