Chris Shaffer's Weather Forecast: Two more possible rounds of snow through the weekend

But WCCO-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says he's keeping his eyes trained on a system that could drop significant snow across the metro Saturday night into Sunday. That track is not yet clear, however.

"What's up in the air is how much snow we pick up," Shaffer said on the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar. "If it goes over the Twin Cities, we're still in the, you know, 6 to 10-inch range. But most of the models are trending farther south, bringing the heavier snow now down across southern Minnesota and down into northern Iowa. And if that happens, then we're more likely to pick up maybe 1 to 3 inches."

This is truly one of the "boom" or "bust" systems, and Shaffer says where it snows the most is going to be very difficult to track.

"It's not like it's going to appear, it's not one of those," he says. But, if you've got a pen on your desk, hold it up right now and hold it sideways horizontally. That's how the snow band is coming in, straight across. Not like if you had it vertically and it hit the whole state. So, it's a pen-thin path of heavy snow. That's why it's going to be hit-or-miss."

Shaffer says Thursday's clipper will drop the most snow across the northern third of the state into western Wisconsin, with 3 to 5 inches expected. Additionally, gusty winds of 40-50 mph or greater are possible across the area.

Temperatures all through the weekend are expected to be in the 30s, so much of what falls will be of the wet, heavy variety, or even melt on contact on the roads.

FORECAST
WEDNESDAY: Increasing sunshine. High: 39. NW 8-12 mph.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low: 26. NW wind 3-5 mph.
THURSDAY: Increasing clouds with rain to snow late. High: 46. SE wind 10-15 mph.Cold and windy Friday. Possible snowstorm this weekend.