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

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We all know it gets cold in Minnesota in winter. But this weekend's level of cold is downright dangerous. 

Wind chills will likely approach or exceed 50 below in the Red River Valley. The Grand Forks National Weather Service office is alerting to possible wind chills of 55 below zero this weekend. 

The story is similar in northeast Minnesota. Wind chills well into the negative 40s are expected this weekend up north.

In the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota, wind chill values will plunge into the negative 30s and 40s Saturday night.

 cover much of Minnesota once again overnight into Friday. 

The core of the coldest air with this Arctic outbreak arrives Saturday through President’s Day. The American GFS model continues to crank out low temperatures colder than minus 20 for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota Sunday morning. 

Even the conservative European model cranks out minus 20 for the Twin Cites Monday morning. Here are the forecast numbers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The upper air pattern will gradually change to a milder flow pattern next week. Highs should recover into the teens above zero next week. There are signs that much milder Pacific air may return in the last days of February. NOAA’s GFS 16-day outlook prints out temperatures back into the 30s, and even one day in the 40s in late February. 

46 in late February? We’ll probably see people in shorts after this weekend’s cold outbreak. 

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Barbaric cold: Wind chills of 50 below zero forecast for Red River Valley

Wind chill forecast for the Red River Valley

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Wind chill forecast for northeast Minnesota

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Twin Cities National Weather Service

NOAA GFS model temperature outlook for 6 am February 14

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NOAA GFS model 16-day temperature outlook for Twin Cities 

Barbaric cold: Wind chills of 50 below forecast for northwest Minnesota

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