Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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This is very cold, even by January standards.

Saturday highs were below zero in much of west-central and northwestern Minnesota, and highs were mainly in the single digits above zero across the remainder of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin. For perspective, our average Twin Cities high temperature is 24 degrees this time of year.

Arctic cold will be stay entrenched over us Saturday night and Sunday into Monday.

Low temps late Saturday night into early Sunday will range from 20s below zero in far northern Minnesota to single digits below zero in the Twin Cities metro area and southern Minnesota:

Sunday highs will be below zero in northern Minnesota and a few degrees above zero to the south:

With a high pressure system to the west, we’ll have northwesterly breezes on Sunday. It’ll be a dry day in most areas.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential pressure pattern and precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. Sunday to 10 p.m. Sunday:

Wind chill advisories cover much of Minnesota Saturday evening through Sunday morning, with a wind chill warning in northwestern Minnesota Saturday evening through Monday morning: 

The dark blue-shaded counties of far southeastern Minnesota are in a winter weather advisory for snow Saturday evening.

The wind chill advisory in the Twin Cities metro area starts at midnight Saturday night and continues until 11 a.m. Sunday:

Here are details of the wind chill warning in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota:

Here are details of the wind chill advisory in northeastern Minnesota:

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

Here’s a sampling of forecast wind chill temperatures over the next few days:

This is a good time for a reminder about pet safety during cold weather:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 2 above zero on Monday, then around 11 degrees on Tuesday followed by mid teens Wednesday and Thursday and upper teens on Friday.

Our Twin Cities average daily temperature (the average of the high temp and low temp) was above normal on 23 of the first 27 days this January.

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

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Ron Trenda

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Very cold temps and wind chills are in our Saturday night and Sunday forecast. We have the details on that, including which areas have wind chill advisories and warnings. 

Arctic cold will hang with us Sunday and Monday; Update on wind chill advisories/warnings

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