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Arctic blast delivers subzero air once again

Wind chill warnings and advisories posted into Thursday

Wind chill forecast for Minnesota
Wind chill forecast for Minnesota.
NOAA

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.

Wind chill temperatures Wednesday evening
Wind chill temperatures Wednesday evening.
Oklahoma Mesonet

Wind chill warnings cover much of the Dakotas and northern Minnesota. Wind chill advisories 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.

Forecast minimum temps Thursday
Forecast minimum temps Thursday.
NOAA

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.

Forecast minimum temps Friday morning
Forecast minimum temps Friday morning.
NOAA

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

Forecast high temperatures Saturday
Forecast high temperatures Saturday.
NOAA

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.