Tag: wind chills
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Breezy and turning milder the next few days; Some snow Wednesday; Arctic air this weekend-early next week
6:40 PM Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Everything remains on track regarding the pattern and the prospects of an Arctic airmass impacting the Northland this weekend into next week, but there have been some changes in model guidance regarding the duration of the most extreme cold, which looks to hit early…
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Arctic Blast: Bitter Cold Expected in the Northland
5:30 PM Monday, January 13, 2025 All eyes are focused on the upcoming weekend and the following week when several lobes of the polar vortex are expected to move across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes, bringing with them bitterly cold temperatures and dangerously low wind chills that could approach…
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Windy and Cold
5:12 PM Sunday, January 12, 2025 The widespread light to moderate snow event we saw in the Northland last night was more of an anomaly than anything else, given the way this winter has been in this area. It looks like we go right back into a pretty snowless pattern…
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Snow this weekend with plenty of arctic air also in the forecast
6:30 PM Friday, January 10, 2025 -Another round of snow is likely in the Northland this weekend with greater snow accumulations compared to the event we saw on Thursday which dropped anywhere from around 0.5 to around 1.5 inches of snow. – Winter Weather Advisories have been issued for the…
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Temperatures will remain frigid through Friday, followed by a warming trend.
6:32 PM Wednesday, December 11, 2024 The last occurrence of temperatures dropping to -20 degrees Fahrenheit or colder in Duluth was on February 3, 2023, when the low reached -22 degrees. The likelihood of experiencing -20 degrees or colder in Duluth tonight and Thursday night is relatively low but certainly…
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Forecast: Arctic Air and Some Snow on the Way
5:42 PM Tuesday, December 10, 2024 An arctic air mass is advancing from the northwest, as evidenced by the 850mb temperature plummeting to approximately -30°C this afternoon over parts of Manitoba, Canada. Concurrently, 500mb heights have descended to roughly 506 decameters near the heart of this arctic air mass and…
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Arctic Air Set to Hit the Northland This Week
5:44 PM Monday, December 9, 2024 The Northland is bracing for a return of colder temperatures in the coming days, with forecasts predicting a particularly frigid stretch from mid to late week. The initial surge of cold air is currently moving south and east out of western Minnesota. However, the…