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Wind, weather advisories into Wednesday night; big weekend warmup

Subzero wind chills Wednesday night into Thursday

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Winter weather and wind advisories Wednesday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Gusty northwest winds will continue overnight but will be a little lighter. Temperatures and wind chills will be frigid into Thursday before a big weekend warmup. 

Winds lighter Thursday ahead of a big weekend warmup 

Temperatures will continue their decline into the overnight hours tonight. Lows will be in the single digits across eastern Minnesota and subzero in western Minnesota. 

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Forecast lows Wednesday night
National Weather Service

Winds will continue to howl Wednesday night, although they won’t be as fierce as they were during the day. We’ve seen wind gusts as high as 52 mph in the Twin Cities and 55 mph in Rochester. Winds will be about 10 to 20 mph overnight. 

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Forecast wind gusts 4 p.m. Wednesday through 12 p.m. Thursday
College of DuPage weather lab

Wind chill values Wednesday night and into Thursday morning will be subzero statewide with wind chills as cold as the teens below zero in western Minnesota.

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Forecast wind chills 6 a.m. Thursday
National Weather Service

Highs Thursday will be in the teens and single digits, but the winds will subside to 5 to 15 mph from the northwest. 

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Forecast highs Thursday
National Weather Service

We rebound quickly with highs back in the 20s and teens Friday.

Weekend high temperatures will be above freezing for much of the state. Southern Minnesota will likely see highs near or surpassing 40 degrees both Saturday and Sunday. 

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Forecast highs Saturday
National Weather Service