Western, central and northern Minnesota under windy, dry weather conditions 

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Gray is the color palette of choice for Minnesota’s weather this week. 

Thick blankets of fog will cover much of Minnesota again overnight into Friday morning. As temperatures drop to the dew point, the fog will reduce visibilities to less than 1/4 mile in many locations.

 are posted for much of Minnesota into Friday morning. 

Overall weather patterns are fairly stable across the Upper Midwest. Daily high temperatures will continue to run in the 20s to near 30 through the weekend across Minnesota. 

The upper air pattern still suggests a cold air intrusion into the Upper Midwest in about 10 days to 2 weeks. 

Thursday’s forecast models backed off on the magnitude of the cold a bit, but that’s pretty typical to see fluctuations this far out. NOAA’s latest GFS 16-day outlook suggests a few nights of temperature near or below zero (as cold as -15?) in the Twin Cities between January 16 and 23. 

NOAA’s 8-14 day temperature outlook favors near average temperatures overall. 

The average high and low for January 20 in the Twin Cities are 24 and 7.

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Thick freezing fog blankets Minnesota again into Friday morning. 

Twin Cities National Weather Service

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Upper air forecast map for 6 pm January 21

NOAA GFS model 16-day temperature outlook for Twin Cities 

Dense fog advisories include the Twin Cities

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