If our recent weather has been too chilly for your tastes, hang in there. Temperatures will moderate over the next few days. And there aren’t any big snowstorms in sight. We have details on all that, plus the latest Minnesota crop report.
Light snow for Wednesday, an inch or less in most areas. Moderating temperatures into the weekend and for next week. And no major snowstorms in the foreseeable future.
Siberian air really chilled us on Tuesday. But moderating temperatures will begin on Wednesday and continue to warm through the weekend and into next week. An Alberta clipper will bring a light layer of snow beginning in the northwest Tuesday night, then sliding southeast and ending on Wednesday.
Minnesota’s Energy Assistance Program is receiving more than $105 million in federal funding to help low-income residents in the state pay their heating bills this winter. Homeowners and renters who earn less than half of the state’s median income are eligible.
Temperatures bottomed out Tuesday morning with frigid January-like readings. The good news is that temperatures will begin to moderate on Wednesday and get close to normal by the weekend. Look for light snow from the northwest Tuesday night and Wednesday, but no major storms soon.
Our arctic chill will linger through Tuesday, then we’ll see some gradual improvement in our temperatures later in the week. It still looks like some of us will see some snow on Wednesday.
More than 950 flights were canceled at Chicago's airports and officials in the area opened warming centers. In Michigan, some schools closed early, as did dozens of schools in the St. Louis area.
Arctic cold will stay with us through Tuesday. Winds will drop wind-chill temps below zero this Monday, but winds will lighten up overnight tonight. As temperatures rebound a bit on Wednesday, some of us will see some snow.
Scientists have frozen their ship alongside an ice floe to study the causes and consequences of diminishing Arctic ice, in the hopes of improving how the region is represented in climate models.
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