Frigid Thursday in Twin Cities ahead of weekend warm-up
Thursday will be another frigid one in the Twin Cities, but a weekend warm-up fast approaches.
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Thursday will be another frigid one in the Twin Cities, but a weekend warm-up fast approaches.
With 139 years and counting, the oldest winter festival in the U.S. is set to kick off on Thursday in St. Paul.
Sunday will be bitterly cold and stay that way all day as temperatures in the metro warm to around -2 degrees.
An Arctic air mass causes wind chills on Saturday morning to drop, ranging between -5° around the metro and -25° in parts of northern Minnesota.
Minnesotans have one more day to enjoy the January thaw before the return of dangerous cold.
Snow totals for the metro were as expected, coming in around 1-2" with areas further north, like Duluth and north Brainerd, getting around 7" of snow total.
After Saturday's snow system passes, temperatures drop off through next week, with wind chills pushing -20°.
After a long wait, NOAA says La Nina is officially here. That's when the sea surface temperatures along the equator in the Pacific Ocean drop below average.
Aside from some flurries on Friday morning, it's a fairly quiet end to the week in the Twin Cities with a mostly cloudy sky.
Light snow is coming to the Twin Cities on Thursday, with a weekend clipper bringing accumulating snow and an arctic chill early next week.
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon stretches from Duluth to Grand Portage.
Clouds will dominate the day with the hopes of any sun later very low.
After a soggy Friday, the rain has wrapped up for the Twin Cities and will continue to lift northeast through the morning.
A dense fog advisory is in effect across Minnesota through noon on Friday, and early isolated showers are possible ahead of widespread rain later in the afternoon and evening.
2024 was indeed the warmest year on record in the Twin Cities, including warmth records set in the fall and winter.