Temps remain cool...maybe some flakes on the way

Our below average temps continue, and appear to have no signs of going away. Temperatures appear to be staying in the upper 30's and lower 40's through the next few days, with perhaps some snow coming into play on Friday. The HPC currently has the area in a slight risk (10%) of seeing 4 inches of snow on Friday, although surface temps still appear to be much too warm to really support this. I guess we'll see. Next week, models are advertising a potent storm system around the Wednesday time frame. However, the models are not agreeing on the track of the storm, with the ECMWF taking the low much further to the west than the GFS, leaving eastern MN and western WI in the warm sector of the storm. The GFS, however, takes it up through central WI, leaving us in a much more favorable area for snow, if temps cool enough. While this is still a ways out, it appears as though the first big winter storm of the season could be on the way for the Upper Midwest. Where in the Upper Midwest, however, is anyone's guess!