Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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The weather maps look a lot like January.

Another arctic outbreak deepens across Minnesota through Friday. Temperatures and wind chills are already plummeting well below zero across our region. Colors we don’t enjoy seeing are growing on the weather maps once again. Check out the dangerous wind chill values across the northern states Wednesday evening. 

 cover much of the Dakotas and northern Minnesota. 

 cover the Twin Cities and much of southern Minnesota. 

Low temperatures will reach about -5 in the Twin Cities Thursday morning, with minus 20 in northwest Minnesota.

Friday brings the coldest morning of this cold snap. Temperatures will hover around 15 below zero in the Twin Cities Friday morning, with minus 30 up north. 

Temperatures moderate Saturday with highs in the 30s for southern Minnesota. 

But another cold front sweeps in Sunday, with subzero lows again by Monday morning.

The next six to eight weeks are typically the heart of winter in Minnesota. The weather maps seem to get the hint. 

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Paul Huttner

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Temperatures approach minus 30 in northern Minnesota by Friday morning. 

NOAA

Wind chill temperatures Wednesday evening

Arctic blast delivers subzero air once again

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