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

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Welcome to the coldest week of winter in Minnesota. It seems we usually get a week to 10 days of persistent bitter cold. This winter is no exception.

The Twin Cities managed to stagger to +1 Monday afternoon. That breaks a string of 49 straight hours at or below zero. In case you are wondering, that’s not even within sniffing distance of the 

Temperatures remain pretty constant from now through Wednesday. But an even colder shot of Arctic air arrives this weekend. Temperatures could again approach -20 in the Twin Cities, with -40 up north once again. 

There are signs temperature may moderate into the teens above zero next week. Overall the rest of February looks colder than normal.

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Paul Huttner

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This will likely be the coldest week of winter in Minnesota. 

Coldest week of winter; persistent Arctic air invasion continues

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