Subfreezing temperatures, rounds of snow to persist in Midwest into early next week

Old Man Winter is not ready to give it up as waves of subfreezing air and more snow will follow the recent early-April snowstorm over the Midwest.

Strong winds and sporadic power outages in the wake of the deparating storm have since diminished.

Cold air will linger over much of the Upper Midwest on Thursday.

A new storm will spread snow across the Great Lakes region later Thursday and Thursday night.

While this storm is not expected to bring an accumulation to the streets of Chicago, enough snow may fall at night across part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to make for slippery travel. This includes the Detroit area.

In the wake of the storm on Thursday night, another dose of Arctic air will overspread the Midwest on Friday and is likely to pave the way for accumulating snow farther south.

Snow is forecast to spread from the central Plains on Friday to the Ohio Valley by Friday night and continue into early Saturday.

Cold air will linger over the Midwest through this weekend in the wake of the Friday night storm.

Temperatures may get every bit as low as they were during the coldest days of March.

While strong April sunshine will negate some of the chill during the midday and afternoon hours, overall temperatures will average 15-30 degrees Fahrenheit below normal and may challenge record lows at midweek.

Below-zero low temperatures are possible in parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Michigan this weekend, according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski.

"Record lows may be in jeopardy," Pydynowski said.

Expect temperatures to dip into the single digits in Minneapolis, the teens in Chicago and Omaha, Nebraska, and the lower 20s in Detroit, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

Freezing temperatures will penetrate into the interior South as well, which may pose a risk to sensitive plants and damage blossoms.

Chilly air is projected to linger over much of the region early next week. During this time, some areas from the central Plains and Ohio Valley to the Upper Midwest may receive some more snow.

However, there are some signs that a pattern change may take place during next week, which may allow temperatures to trend back to near average.

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