/Issued 6:06 PM CST, Thursday, January 1, 2015/
NWS hazards map. Winter Storm Watch for the area in darker blue. More information at this link: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=dlh&wwa=winter%20storm%20watch
Potential for 4″ or greater snowfall totals between Friday Night and early Sunday in the blue outlined areas on the map. Two lows behind this snow threat. One across the northern Rockies/northern Plains, the other develops over the southern Plains before moving northeast into the eastern Great Lakes.
January climate averages for Duluth, Minnesota – Airport location
Temperature: 10.2 degrees
Snowfall: 19.4″
Precipitation: 0.96″
Sunrise on the 1st: 7:53 AM CST
Sunrise on the 31st: 7:35 AM CST
Sunset on the 1st: 4:32 PM CST
Sunset on the 31st: 5:09 PM CST
Happy New Year!
Weather Summary for January 1, 2015
Location: Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
The cold front and disturbance which brought a coating to an inch of snow to parts of the Northland earlier Today has pushed well to our south/east late This Afternoon with skies ranging from mostly sunny in northern Minnesota to mostly cloudy in southern parts of northwest Wisconsin. Highs Today were at or a little above average with highs in the teens and 20s but colder air is moving back into far northern Minnesota where late day temperatures had fallen into the single digits. Winds Today were out of the northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
Forecast Discussion for Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
Short Term Forecast – Confidence: High.
Tonight (January 1)
An area of high pressure will pass through the Upper Midwest Tonight. Clear to partly cloudy skies are forecast with lows in the single digits and teens below to single digits above zero, a few of the typical cold spots might even drop into the 20s below. Winds will remain out of the northwest at 5 to 15 mph.
Friday and Friday Night (January 2)
High pressure moves off to the southeast while low pressure moves into the northern Plains. The cold front which moved through the area Today heads back north as a warm front on Friday.
Light snow or flurries are possible Tomorrow in north central Minnesota but with little or no accumulation. Snow is expected to become heavier across northern portions of Minnesota Friday Night with a lesser chance for flurries or some light snow in east central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
Highs Tomorrow will be in the teens and 20s with lows Friday Night mainly in the teens. Winds during this period will be out of the south or east at 10 to 20 mph.
Extended Forecast – Confidence: High.
Saturday through Monday (January 3-5)
There is a chance for significant snowfall in far northern Minnesota on Saturday as an area of low pressure tracks east/southeast out of the northern Plains. Another system is expected to lift northeast out of the southern Plains on Saturday — this one could bring a separate area of significant snow to far southern areas in northwest Wisconsin. In between these two areas, expect a little bit of snow from Saturday into Saturday Night.
Low pressure lifts into eastern Canada on Sunday making way for a massive dump of arctic air which settles into the Northland Sunday and Monday. The weather looks mainly dry from Sunday into Monday except along the South Shore of Lake Superior where a few lake effect snow showers are possible mainly over Ashland and Iron Counties.
Highs on Saturday will be in the teens and 20s. Highs on Sunday and Monday will only be in the single digits and teens below zero.
Lows Saturday Night ranging from the 20s below in northern Minnesota to single digits below zero in northwest Wisconsin. Lows Sunday Night will be in the teens and 20s below, maybe even some 30s below in the traditional cold spots in northern Minnesota.
Wind chill temperatures will likely fall into the 30 below to 45 below range across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin on Sunday and Monday.
Long Range Forecast – Confidence: High.
(January 6-11)
Below average temperatures from the 6th-8th; near to possibly above average temperatures from the 9th-11th. A minor snow event is possible sometime during the 9th-11th time frame.
5 DAY FORECAST FOR DULUTH AND SUPERIOR
.Tonight… Mostly clear. Cold. Low 3 below to 8 below. Wind northwest at 5 to 15 mph.
.Friday… Partly to mostly cloudy. High 13 to 18. Wind south to southwest at 10 to 20 mph.
.Friday Night… Mostly cloudy. Light snow or flurries possible. Low 8 to 13. Wind south at 10 to 15 mph.
.Saturday… Mostly cloudy. Light snow or flurries possible. High 20 to 25.
.Saturday Night… Mostly cloudy. Turning very cold. Light snow or flurries possible. Total snowfall accumulations from Friday Night through Saturday of around 1-2″. Low 10 below to 15 below.
.Sunday… Bitterly cold. Partly cloudy. High 0 to 5 with falling temperatures.
.Sunday Night… Bitterly cold. Mostly clear. Low 20 below to 25 below.
.Monday… Bitterly cold. Mostly sunny. High 2 below to 7 below.
Normal temperatures for Friday
High: 19
Low: 3
Sunrise Friday: 7:53 AM CST
Sunset Friday: 4:32 PM CST
Tim
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