Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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The Saturday high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 29 degrees. That’s 5 degrees warmer than our average Jan. 8 high in the Twin Cities. Parts of southwestern and south-central Minnesota had Saturday highs in the 30s.

Now get ready to don your warmest coats, gloves and hats again—-an arctic front will sweep across Minnesota and western Wisconsin overnight Saturday night, accompanied by strong winds. Sunday’s arctic cold temps will linger through Monday.

Wind chill advisories have been posted for much of Minnesota and portions of Wisconsin Saturday night and Sunday morning.  Minnesota counties along the Red River are in a winter weather advisory until 9 p.m. this Saturday due to blowing snow and reduced visibilities, then the wind chill advisory begins and it’ll continue through Sunday morning:

Here are advisory details in northwestern Minnesota:

Here are wind chill details for northeastern Minnesota, where there is also a wind chill advisory Saturday night and Sunday morning:

Wind chill advisories go into effect Saturday night in central Minnesota and a wind chill  advisory runs from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday in the Twin Cities metro area:

Here are metro area wind chill advisory details:

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 

Our Sunday high in the Twin Cities is expected to happen between midnight and 1 a.m., with temps falling for several hours afterward. The metro area will then see a high in the lower single digits during the daylight hours of Sunday. Northern Minnesota will have below-zero Sunday highs, with positive single digits in most of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Some spots in southwestern Minnesota may reach the teens.

Low temps late Sunday night and early Monday morning range from the 20s below zero to the north to single digits below zero in the far south:

Monday highs will be in the single digits to the south and a few degrees below zero to the north:

Temps have nowhere to go but up after that!

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 20s (above zero) Tuesday, then mid 30s Wednesday and lower 30s Thursday and Friday. 

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Ron Trenda

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Saturday was a nice break from the arctic chill. An arctic cold front will sweep across Minnesota and western Wisconsin Saturday night. We have the chilly Sunday forecast, plus details on a nice midweek warmup.

Andrea Billings keeps her face covered while walking to her car. 

Arctic chill Sunday and Monday

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