Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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Shortly after 7 a.m. this New Year’s Day, the temperature at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport was 10 below zero. The wind chill temp at the time was 25 below zero.

Several spots in northern Minnesota reported 7 a.m. temps in the 30s below zero, including -35 at Fosston and Bigfork and -32 in Hibbing.

Some of the lowest wind chill temps at 7 a.m. were -56 in Fosston, -51 in Crookston and -50 in Thief River Falls.

Grand Forks, North Dakota set record lows for Dec. 31 and Jan. 1:

Bundle up this weekend, and also keep your pets comfortable:

Wind chill warnings continue today through 10 a.m. Sunday in northwestern Minnesota:

Wind chill warnings continue until noon today in northeastern Minnesota, then a wind chill advisory will be in effect this Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning:

Here are details of the warnings and advisories:

Wind chill advisories continue this Saturday morning in east-central and southeastern Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin, with wind chill warnings to the west:

Notice that wind chill advisories return in many areas Saturday evening and continue into Sunday morning.

Here are details of the metro area and western Wisconsin advisories:

A wind chill warning continues until noon today in Carver County of the southwest metro, then a wind chill advisory begins there Saturday evening.

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

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

Saturday highs will be below zero in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

A few spots in the Twin Cities metro area could approach zero briefly this afternoon. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 25 above zero on New Year’s Day. Our record coldest Twin Cities Jan. 1 

Sunday morning lows reach the 20s below zero in much of northern and central Minnesota:

Sunday forecast highs are slightly above zero in many areas, with teens in southwestern Minnesota:

If you plan to travel to Iowa, southern Wisconsin or northern Illinois, be aware of a winter storm that’s heading toward that area.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from Saturday morning to noon on Sunday:

Here are winter storm warning details for Iowa and northern Illinois:

Here are details on forecast snow amounts plus warnings and advisories in southern Wisconsin: 

 shows an enhanced risk of severe weather this Saturday and Saturday night for much of Tennessee and northern portions of Mississippi and Alabama: 

Temps rebound nicely on Monday. Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 20s Monday and around 30 on Tuesday, then retreat to the lower teens Wednesday, followed by single-digit highs Thursday and Friday.

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has released the results of voting for the 

Top Five Weather Events of 2021 in Minnesota

Here are the results of the voting, along with Climatology Office narratives:

You can click on the links to the top five weather events for much more detail.

We’ll see what 2022 brings us. I hope that you have a great 2022!

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Ron Trenda

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Arctic cold will stay with us through the weekend, along with very cold wind chill temps. We have an update on the wind chill advisories and warnings and a look at the week ahead.

Andrea Billings keeps her face covered while walking to her car. 

Arctic cold through this weekend; updated wind chill warnings/advisories

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