Wintry wallop Tuesday into Wednesday, then back to record warmth
Expect Tuesday night temps 50-60 degrees colder than Monday
Updated 11 a.m.
Weather whiplash to an extreme is taking place across Minnesota. Temperatures will plummet Tuesday night after many areas get fresh snow. Then it’s back to record warmth this weekend.
Snow flies, temps drop before rising again
Heavy snow has already been falling for several hours in northwestern Minnesota. Blizzard and winter storm warnings are posted for portions of northwestern and northern Minnesota Tuesday through 6 p.m. where the most snow will fall accompanied by wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph.
As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, the sharp contrast in both temperature and wind speed was evident. Temperatures will drop through the afternoon across eastern Minnesota.
Snow will expand and develop through the day from northern Minnesota into southeastern Minnesota by Tuesday evening and into early Wednesday. Those gusty winds will expand statewide by the afternoon.
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Snowfall accumulations will range from a slushy coating south to more than several inches in northern Minnesota.
Lows Tuesday night will be frigid — subzero north to the single digits south.
Wind chills early Wednesday will be subzero statewide to as cold as 25 below zero northeast.
Wednesday will bring highs just in the single digits to 20s, but with sunshine and a northwest breeze still at 10-20 mph.
In keeping with the whiplash pattern, temperatures warm right back up Thursday into the 30s, 40s and even low 50s with more record-setting highs by the weekend — including our first 70 potentially Sunday — followed by another storm system.
