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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Paul Huttner

Wind chill alerts cover 20 states

Wind chill advisories as far south as Texas Monday night.

Wind chill temperatures Monday afternoon
Wind chill temperatures Monday afternoon.
Oklahoma Mesonet

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This could be the coldest outbreak of winter for much of the U.S.

A bitter arctic air mass covers most of the central U.S. this week. By my count wind chill warnings or advisories cover parts of at least 20 states currently. Wind chill advisories are flying as far south as Texas.

Wind chill warnings and advisories 2
Wind chill warnings and advisories.
NOAA

For Minnesota, the current wind chill warnings and advisories are pretty run-of-the-mill for January. Still, wind chills in the -20s to around -40 are nothing to sneeze at.

Wind chill warnings and advisories
Wind chill warnings and advisories.
NOAA

Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Kingsbury-Brookings-Miner-Lake-Moody- McCook-Minnehaha-

221 PM CST Mon Jan 15 2024 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 40 below zero.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska and east central and southeast South Dakota.

* WHEN...Until noon CST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

For the Twin Cities area wind chills will reach as cold as -30.

Including the cities of Center City, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, and Hastings

156 PM CST Mon Jan 15 2024 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. For the second Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero.

* WHERE...Portions of east central Minnesota.

* WHEN...For the first Wind Chill Advisory, until noon CST today. For the second Wind Chill Advisory, from 6 PM this evening to noon CST Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 15 minutes.

Daytime highs this week won’t provide much relief, recovering only into the single digits above zero.

Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
Forecast high temperatures Tuesday.
NOAA

January thaw next week

Forecast models are pretty consistent with a January thaw and milder Pcific air mass next week.

Both NOAA’s GFS model and the European model bring temperatures into the 30s for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota next week.

Here’s NOAA’s GFS temperature output for early next week.

NOAA GFS temperature output
NOAA GFS temperature output between next Sunday morning and noon next Wednesday.
NOAA via tropical tidbits

So hang in there, it looks like teh season’s first subzero run may be the last for at least two weeks, and that puts us into February.

Stay tuned.