big storm friday?

well the models have been more or less agreeing for the past couple of days that there's going to be a pretty good low pressure system affecting the northern plains or southern prairies on friday. the question is where.

currently the gfs and gem global both have winnipeg getting a pretty good dump of snow along with strong winds--near-blizzard conditions.

the nam has the storm much weaker and far off to our south.

so be prepared. this one could be nasty, or it could be a nice day.

here's the gfs valid friday evening.