Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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All aboard the Siberian Express! The season’s coldest air mass so far blows into Minnesota this weekend.

The core of our inbound air mass reached into the minus 50s in the Yukon Territory this week. It won’t get that cold in Minnesota, but the colder nooks and crannies up north could hit the minus 30s by Sunday morning. 

I won’t be shocked to see minus 35 to minus 40 degrees this weekend up around Embarrass and Tower in northeastern Minnesota.  

 for wind chill values to around minus 30 degrees cover most of Minnesota including the Twin Cities. Here’s the National Weather Service statement:

 for wind chills of minus 40 degrees cover most of northwestern Minnesota. Here’s more from the National Weather Service:

Overnight low temperatures plunge to around minus 5 degrees in the Twin Cities and minus 30 in the northwest Saturday morning.

Temperatures Saturday will not crack the zero mark across most of Minnesota.

Saturday night brings the coldest air of this arctic outbreak with lows around minus 15 in the Twin Cities and more like minus 30 up north.

Thankfully this arctic outbreak only lasts about two days. 

Mild Pacific air blows into Minnesota by Tuesday. We’ll feel a temperature surge of between 55 and 70 degrees in Minnesota between Sunday morning and Tuesday afternoon in a span of around 60 hours!

So stay safe this weekend and be patient for much milder air by next week.

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Paul Huttner

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The season’s coldest air mass so far blows into Minnesota this weekend. Temperatures will bottom out Sunday morning between minus 15 to minus 30 degrees.

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