Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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The main weather story for the weekend is the arctic cold.

I’ll first mention that parts of southern Minnesota, the Twin Cities metro area and portions of western Wisconsin will see periods of light snow showers into early Friday evening. Updated Minnesota road conditions can be found 

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

Temperatures will plummet Friday night and arctic cold will be with us through the weekend.

The combination of cold temps and gusty winds will drop wind chill temperatures into the minus 35 to minus 45 degrees range in parts of western Minnesota, where wind chill warnings continue Friday evening and through Saturday morning:

Here are details of the wind chill warning in western Minnesota:

The windchill warning includes Carver County of the southwestern Twin Cities metro area. The remainder of the metro area plus southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin are in a windchill advisory from midnight Friday night through noon on Saturday. Here are details of the windchill advisory:

A windchill warning continues in northwestern and north-central Minnesota through Saturday morning:

Here are details of the warning, with “tonight” referring to Friday night:

A windchill warning runs from Friday evening through Saturday morning in northeastern Minnesota, with a wind chill advisory in northwestern Wisconsin:

Lighter winds are expected on Sunday, but arctic temps will linger over us.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

Low temps early Saturday morning will be in the 20s below zero across most of northern and central Minnesota, with teens below zero to the south:

A few spots in northern Minnesota could drop into the 30s below zero.

We start the new year with below-zero high temperatures:

Our average Twin Cities high temp is 25 above zero on New Year’s Day. Our record coldest Twin Cities Jan. 1 

Sunday morning lows are expected to be in the 20s below zero in many spots:

There could even be some 20s below zero early Sunday morning around the outer edges of the Twin Cities metro area.

Sunday highs will be in the single digits above zero in many areas, with a few teens in southwestern Minnesota:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 20s Monday and Tuesday, then retreat to the lower teens Wednesday, followed by single-digit highs Thursday and Friday.

It’s time to recap the top weather events of 2021. 

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has released the results of voting for the 

Top Five Weather Events of 2021 in Minnesota

Here are the results of the voting, along with Climatology Office narratives:

You can click on the links to the top five weather events for much more detail.

We’ll see what 2022 brings us. I hope that you have a great 2022!

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Ron Trenda

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