Minneapolis doesn't even go below zero? This is January. This not even remotely close to a noteworthy cold spell there.

Still really nothing even decent on the models. Maybe we just are not in range yet.

My forecast amounts have gone up overnight. Now most are 4-7” as an initial attempt. My snow will probably be drier than further southeast. NWS Hastings holding off on headlines, as always, but says they are likely coming. Seems I80 and south is more favored. I’m 17 miles south of I80 in Central Nebraska. Here is one of my weather app predictions.

06z GEFS...

I like where you sit as there will be a lot of cold air around and the moisture shouldn't be a problem. This is that "Midwest Mualer" that has been so hard to find over the past 10 years or more! Congrats to you guys down south..it's been a while...even though my hometown peeps up in Chitown won't be in the big snows, I do feel this one has a good chance of at least a few inches and I'm counting on the Lake to be a "giving friend".