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

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As you can see on the image at the top of this post, northern Minnesota will plunge into the minus 20s to around minus 30 Thursday morning. 

 cover all of Minnesota into Thursday morning. 

Thursday morning brings the bottom of our current cold snap for many locations. Temperatures will bottom out around minus 10 to minus 12 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and in the inner Twin Cities urban core. Many suburbs will see lows in the teens below zero. 

Here’s a closer look at forecast minimum temperatures around the greater Twin Cities area Thursday morning. 

Kepp in mind the record lows for the Twin Cities are 32 below zero for Thursday morning, and  41 below zero Friday. That’s the coldest temperature on record in the Twin Cities. So while this cold wave is respectable and potentially dangerous if caught outside, it’s nowhere near record cold. 

Temperatures will hover a few degrees either side of zero again Thursday afternoon across much of Minnesota. 

We dip below zero again Thursday night before Friday brings some temperatures moderation across Minnesota. 

This weekend brings temperatures mostly in the teens. Light snow chances blow through Friday night. A better chance for accumulating snow arrives Sunday night into Monday. 

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Paul Huttner

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Yes, it’s cold — but not even close to records. 

NOAA GFS temperature forecast for 6 am Thursday, January 20

Subzero again Thursday morning. Still far from record cold.

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