Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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Much of northern Minnesota is starting this Sunday with temps in the 20s below zero. There are mainly teens below zero in the Twin Cities metro area and much of southern Minnesota, but a few spots in southeastern Minnesota have dropped to 20 below.

Wind chills are coldest in northern Minnesota. A wind chill warning continues today and until noon on Tuesday in northwestern and north-central Minnesota:

Wind chill warnings also run today through noon on Tuesday in parts of northeastern Minnesota:

The wind chill warning becomes a wind chill advisory at 11 a.m. today in the Duluth area:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Duluth MN 400 AM CST Sun Feb 7 2021 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS... MNZ025-035-037-072200- /O.CON.KDLH.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210207T1700Z/ /O.CON.KDLH.WC.Y.0007.210207T1700Z-210209T1800Z/ North Cass-Northern Aitkin-Carlton and South St. Louis- Including the cities of Walker, Hill City, and Duluth 400 AM CST Sun Feb 7 2021 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the Wind Chill Warning, dangerously cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 50 below zero. For the Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 40 below zero. * WHERE...North Cass, Northern Aitkin and Carlton and South St. Louis Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Fond du Lac Band and the Mille Lacs Band, Big Sandy Lake area. * WHEN...For the Wind Chill Warning, until 11 AM CST this morning. For the Wind Chill Advisory, from 11 AM this morning to noon CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure you wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.

Here are wind chill details to the north:

Southern and central Minnesota have a wind chill advisory Sunday morning:

Here are details of that advisory, which includes the Twin Cities metro area until noon:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 335 AM CST Sun Feb 7 2021 ...VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... .Arctic high pressure will remain in place through this week. Highs in the single digits above or below zero are expected each day with lows in the teens or 20s below zero. Combined with the wind, wind chill values each night will drop to 25 below to 35 below zero. Some improvement is expected each afternoon, but that will last only briefly. A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect through this morning for most of central and southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin, but through Tuesday morning north of a line from Benson to Little Falls. MNZ044-045-050>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-071745- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210207T1800Z/ Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle- Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk- St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Princeton, Mora, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Rice Lake, Ladysmith, Hudson, River Falls, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire 335 AM CST Sun Feb 7 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.

Sunday high temperatures will be below zero in most areas:

Wind chills are expected to look like this around midday:

We can bundle up and limit our time outdoors in this weather, but our pets need some attention:

Some light snow showers or flurries could spread across portions of far southern Minnesota Sunday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern this afternoon and evening:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR 

, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News 

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:15 a.m. with a look at the week ahead.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Winds will taper off a bit today, but there is wind chill temps will still be dangerously cold. We have your Sunday forecast details.

An arctic Sunday; wind chill warnings northern Minnesota

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