Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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We’re riding the arctic edge this week in Minnesota.

The air mass over Minnesota is seasonably cold. But it’s not the stuff of polar vortex legend. Low temperatures early Tuesday morning will reach the minus 10s in northern Minnesota, with single digits above zero in the south. 

 are up for about the northern third of Minnesota. The advisory zone basically covers the area along and north of a line from Fargo, N.D., to Duluth, Minn. 

Windchills will reach into the minus 30s across northwest Minnesota Friday morning. Subzero wind chills cover most of southern Minnesota Tuesday morning. 

Wind chills in the minus 20s to near minus 30 will be common across northeast Minnesota. 

Highs across Minnesota this week will generally run in the teens to lower 20s. 

Low temperatures will dip to near zero in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota both Wednesday and Thursday morning. 

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Paul Huttner

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Minnesota rides the edge of arctic air mass this week. But it’s not as cold as many winter arctic outbreaks. 

Minnesota rides the arctic edge this week

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