While the wait goes on for meaningful snow in the Twin Cities, Minnesota's North Shore is set for a significant amount this weekend. A winter storm watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Lake Superior shore, where up to 10 inches of snow could fall on Saturday and Sunday.

Bundle up, Minnesota. The longest cold snap in nearly six years is on the way, and the mercury might not rise above zero from Saturday night until Tuesday afternoon. An arctic air mass that originated in Siberia will send temperatures tumbling from the balmy 30s Friday morning to well below zero for the weekend,

“A clipper brings a chance of snow to the Northland Tues/Tues night, with a dusting up to several inches accumulation,” says the NWS in Duluth. “Greatest snow accumulation is expected over the Arrowhead and in the NW WI snowbelt.”

If snow is a blanket for grass, the grass in Minnesota is feeling cold and vulnerable while the grass along the Gulf Coast is cozied up in a weighted snow blanket after 6-10+ inches buried the coastline from New Orleans to Pensacola.

Experience Minnesota’s thaw with temps reaching the mid-40s with sunshine this week. Don’t get too comfortable— subzero temperatures return by Sunday night.

While we can expect the lower 40s for highs here in Central Minnesota on Tuesday, part of our state will have much more winter-like weather.

The National Weather Service issued an extreme cold warning for the Twin Cities, cautioning against dangerous wind chills.

Blizzard warning: Kittson County, the northwestern-most county in Minnesota, is under a blizzard warning until 9 p.m. Friday. There's not a lot of snow falling, but winds are gusting up to 60 mph and causing dangerous travel conditions.

Residents in northern Minnesota can expect extremely cold temperatures over the weekend and into Tuesday as wind chills dip down as low as 55 degrees below zero.

St. Cloud will likely see temperatures in the negatives the next couple of days, according to the National Weather Service.

The rare winter storm that hit the southern U.S. dumped significant amounts of snow on areas that usually get none.

Rochester, which has averaged a high of 23 degrees at this time, beat its previous record high of 48 degrees on Jan. 30, 1919. The city reached 56 degrees by Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service Twin Cities. Duluth came within one degree of its 1890 record of 44 degrees.