Sub-zero temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills as low as -30 to -40 degrees through Tuesday morning.
Light snow chances Wednesday & Friday, amounts under one inch.
Despite deceiving sunshine, it will be very cold the first half of this upcoming week (i.e. "deceptively chilly").
Temperatures will begin well into the negative teens this week, with Monday morning wind chills feeling like -30 to -40. Then, its basically a repeat forecast through Monday afternoon as temperatures again warm into the negative single digits & wind chills improve to -20 to -30 degrees.
Monday night is when the coldest air of this outbreak arrives where air temperatures are expected to drop below -20 degrees
across especially just north of Zumbrota, across central Minnesota & northwest Wisconsin. Winds will be decreasing, but this is when Extreme Cold Warning conditions are expected to be most widespread across the area (wind chills of -40 across central MN, -35 elsewhere).
Warmer southerly winds will begin to develop during the day on Tuesday as the sprawling region Arctic high pressure moves southwards, allowing temperatures to finally warm above zero by Tuesday afternoon. Wind chills will still likely be in the negative teens to -20s, but not nearly as dangerous as earlier in the week.
Looking ahead, temperatures generally rebound back to seasonable values Wednesday into the weekend, other than a brief cool down behind a clipper on Thursday.
A number of clippers look to track through the region after the sprawling Arctic high pressure exits the region on Tuesday. Most guidance has a clipper moving through the region Wednesday into early Friday, with some spread still evident on the chances for another system Friday into Saturday. Both of these systems will likely have enough forcing to generate light snow, but moisture is virtually nil meaning any snowfall amounts will remain below one inch. Chances for any appreciable snowfall continue to look low over the next week, likely extending through the end of January.
Kathryn Prociv, CCM
*Forecast is subject to change, especially beyond 48 hours. An updated forecast will be provided if there is a significant change in the forecast.
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