/Issued 7:35 PM CST, Sunday, January 5, 2014/
-NWS hazards map. Wind chill warning continues for all of the Northland.
*WIND CHILL WARNING*
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
A wind chill warning remains in effect for all of Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin 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
Douglas WI
Bayfield WI
Ashland WI
Iron WI
Burnett WI
Washburn WI
Sawyer WI
Price WI
Some cities included in the warning:
International Falls…Grand Rapids…Walker…Brainerd…Aitkin…Hinckley…Moose Lake…Duluth…Hibbing…Two Harbors…Silver Bay…Grand Marais…Superior…Bayfield…Ashland…Hurley…Siren…Shell Lake…Hayward…and Park Falls.
Impacts:
Wind chill values ranging from 35 below to as low as 55 below. A few locations may even drop to around 60 below from late Tonight through Monday Morning. Under these conditions frostbite can occur on exposed skin in a matter of minutes. Be prepared for extreme cold conditions if attempting to venture outdoors and ensure animals have adequate shelter during the next couple days.
**A wind chill warning means the combination of very cold air and wind chill will create dangerously low wind chill values. Under these conditions frost bite can occur in less than 10 minutes and lead to hypothermia or death if precautions are not taken**
Low temperatures from This Morning, January 5, 2014
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
Togo, MN: -41F
Embarrass, MN: -40F
Babbitt, MN: -40F
Crane Lake, MN: -38F
Bigfork, MN: -38F
Cook, MN: -35F
Longville, MN: -33F
International Falls, MN: -31F
Moose Lake, MN: -30F
Ely, MN: -29F
Pine River, MN: -29F
Two Harbors, MN: -26F
Silver Bay, MN: -26F
Hayward, WI: -26F
Cass Lake, MN: -25F
Duluth, MN: -24F
Aitkin, MN: -24F
Grand Rapids, MN: -24F
Siren, WI: -20F
Glidden, WI: -20F
Hinckley, MN: -18F
Weather Synopsis as of 7 PM CST, Sunday, January 5, 2014
Dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills will continue across the Northland through Tuesday. Arctic high pressure ridge averaging 1044mb extended from Western Saskatchewan to the Northern Rockies early This Evening while low pressure of 1000mb heads northeast through the Ohio Valley.
The center of the Polar Vortex stretches from Western Ontario – south through Minnesota This Evening with a 5100 thickness poking south into Minnesota This Evening which is very impressive and is a sign that this cold airmass means business.
Temperatures as of 7 PM were already in the teens and 20s below in Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin while northwest winds were in the 5-15 mph range with higher gusts. Wind chills early This Evening ranged from around 30 below to as low as 50 below.
Expect bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills Tonight through Tuesday. Lows will be in the teens, 20s, and 30s below with a few locations possibly dropping into the 40s below Tonight and Tomorrow Night. Daytime highs on Monday will only be in the teens below with highs on Tuesday in the single digits and teens below.
Wind chills (feels like temperature) will range from 30 below to 55 below through Tuesday with a few locales possibly going as low as 60 below late Tonight/Monday Morning.
Stay indoors if you can while this arctic outbreak is around. Stay safe everyone.
Tim