Minnesota rides the arctic edge this week
Seasonably cold temperatures, but no polar vortex
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.
Windchill advisories 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.
Including the cities of International Falls, Ely, Isabella, Bigfork, Hibbing, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Grand Marais, Walker, Grand Rapids, Hill City, and Duluth
156 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero.
* WHERE...Portions of east central, north central and northeast Minnesota.
* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to noon CST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Windchills will reach into the minus 30s across northwest Minnesota Friday morning. Subzero wind chills cover most of southern Minnesota Tuesday morning.
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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.
Stay warm, Minnesota.