Severe storms are rolling through central Minnesota including the Twin Cities

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The frigid temperatures and wind chills persist this week through early Friday before a big warmup takes hold this weekend into next week. 

Bitter cold lingers a few more days before a rapid warmup

Extreme cold warnings continue through most of the morning Tuesday due to wind chill values of 30 to 50 below zero across the state. 

Highs Tuesday will be just above zero in eastern Minnesota while western Minnesota remains below zero once again. We should have a fair amount of sunshine again. 

Midday wind chills will still be bitterly cold at 20 to 40 below zero Tuesday,

Overnight, look for temperatures to once again drop into the teens and 20s below zero — but several degrees warmer than Tuesday morning’s low temperatures. 

Wednesday will be ever so slightly warmer with mostly single digit highs across the state. Pockets of western Minnesota will remain below zero. 

There will be some increased cloud cover Wednesday and northeastern Minnesota will see some light snow showers develop into early Thursday. Portions of northeastern Minnesota will see a coating to as much as an inch or two of snowfall:

We’re still on track for a rapid warmup. Highs will be mostly in the teens by Thursday and Friday. By Sunday we’ll be above freezing to even near 40 degrees. 

The thaw continues into next week. Some forecast models even push us to 50 next week in southern Minnesota. 

Sven Sundgaard

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The frigid temperatures and wind chills persist this week through early Friday before a big warmup takes hold this weekend into next week. 


Bitterly cold again Tuesday. Warmup coming this weekend

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