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Another wave of record-warm Pacific air blows across Minnesota Wednesday. This one will be warm enough to blow out some record highs across our region once again this week. 

The combination of a mild Pacific air mass, bright sunshine, and bare ground is perfect for sending temperatures soaring on the last day of January 2024. 

You can see on the map above that the Twin Cities is likely to blow out the previous record high for Jan. 31 of 46 degrees set in 2000 and 1995. 

Highs all across southern Minnesota will reach into the 50s Wednesday afternoon. It could get close to 60 degrees on Wednesday along the Buffalo Ridge in southwestern Minnesota.

There’s a meteorological reason why the Buffalo Ridge can deliver the warmest air in Minnesota. A west wind blowing over the ridge descends, and 

 warming boosts temperatures in places like Marshall, Madison and Appleton. 

Temperatures cool slightly after Wednesday but remain well above normal with highs in the 40s.

The weekend brings another shot at 50 degrees in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. 

There are signs of a pattern change by late next week. A colder northwest flow across our region should deliver some seasonably average air masses to Minnesota. Highs in the 20s south and teens north look possible starting around Friday, Feb. 9, and beyond.

Winter may return for the second half of February.

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Paul Huttner

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