/Issued 11:33 AM CST, Friday, January 3, 2014/
-Here’s the 850mb temperature forecast per 12z NAM valid for Sunday Evening, January 5, 2014. A large area of -30 to -38C temperatures in the black highlighted area on the map. Kind of rare to see such a widespread area of -30C or lower temperatures at 850mb.
…This post will focus on the dangerously cold temperatures/wind chills…
Note: Following wind chill headlines issued by the National Weather Service Duluth, MN
*WIND CHILL WARNING includes the city of Duluth*
Location:
All of Northern and Northeast Minnesota.
Timing:
6 PM Saturday until 12 PM CST Tuesday.
Counties included in the warning:
Koochiching MN
Itasca MN
Cass MN
Crow Wing MN
Aitkin MN
Pine MN
Carlton MN
St. Louis MN
Lake MN
Cook MN
Some cities included in the warning:
International Falls…Grand Rapids…Walker…Brainerd…Aitkin…Pine City…Hinckley…Moose Lake…Cloquet…Duluth…Hibbing…Ely…Two Harbors…Silver Bay…Finland…Isabella…Grand Marais…and Grand Portage.
Impacts:
Wind chill values of 40 below to 55 below beginning Saturday Night and continuing through Tuesday. Under these conditions exposed flesh can get frost bite within minutes.
**A wind chill warning means the combination of very cold air and strong winds will create dangerously low wind chill values. This will result in frost bite and lead to hypothermia or death if precautions are not taken**
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*WIND CHILL ADVISORY includes the city of Superior*
Note: All of Northwest Wisconsin will then be under a WIND CHILL WARNING beginning at 6 PM Sunday until 12 PM CST Tuesday.
Location:
All of Northwest Wisconsin.
Timing:
6 PM Saturday until 6 PM CST Sunday.
Counties included in the advisory:
Douglas WI
Bayfield WI
Ashland WI
Iron WI
Burnett WI
Washburn WI
Sawyer WI
Price WI
Some cities included in the advisory:
Superior…Bayfield…Ashland…Hurley…Grantsburg…Shell Lake…Hayward…and Park Falls.
Impacts:
Wind chill values from 30 below to 40 below Saturday Night into Sunday and from 40 below to 55 below from Sunday Night through Tuesday.
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Tim