Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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The wind is adding a bite to those chilly late-season temperatures early Friday. Wind chills range from the single digits to 30 below zero in northwest Minnesota. Temperatures are in the single digits for most with many areas subzero in north-central and northwest Minnesota.

Winds will remain sustained at 10 to 20 mph through the day with gusts up to 30 to 35 mph in the east and even over 40 mph in the northwest. Those winds will create blowing snow combined with snow showers in the northwest where there’s a winter weather advisory posted.

High temperatures Friday will be about 25 degrees below normal; only in the teens south and single digits north. 

Friday night into early Saturday will bring the coldest temperatures of the month for many, and almost certainly, the last subzero reading for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota.

We then begin a rapid warm up; 40s Sunday and our first 50s, perhaps even 60 next week as the overall pattern changes drastically. 

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Sven Sundgaard

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It’s another chilly morning early Friday, but the return of the wind is what’s making it really feel cooler. Winds are near 20 mph for much of Minnesota, creating wind chills that are subzero nearly statewide. In fact, northwest Minnesota has wind chills near 30 below zero.

Coldest night of March Friday night; big warm up starts Sunday

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