Thursday, January 31, 2013
National Weather Service warns of dangerous wind chill levels in Dakota County from midnight Thursday through noon Friday.
UPDATED: 11 a.m. 1/31/2013: The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for the Twin Cities area, warning that temperatures could reach dangerous levels from midnight Thursday through noon Friday. The combination of wind and cold could result in wind chills of 35-50 below zero during the early morning hours Friday. At such temperatures, extreme caution is warranted to avoid frostbite and hypothermia. Original post: Here we go again. The unseasonably warm temperatures of the past few days give way to another cold snap today, with temperatures in central Dakota County dropping to about 3 below zero tonight. Thursday's high will barely top the zero mark, and on Thursday night, we could see temperatures dip to 12 below zero. …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Wind chills could reach dangerous lows on Sunday and Monday nights.
There's cold, and there's Minnesota cold. The Twin Cities area is about to get the kind of freeze-your-face-off Arctic temperatures that give Midwesterners their reputation for hardiness. The temperature is expected to start dropping Saturday afternoon; Monday could be the first day in four years with a high temperature below zero, and Tuesday could be just as bad. Sunday and Monday nights could see lows of about 8 below zero, and with west-northwest winds of up to 11 mph, well, let's just say "freeze-your-face-off" might not be an exaggeration. Below zero cold for 48-72 hours? It's possible, says the National Weather Service. The combination of wind and cold could equal a wind chill of about 27 below zero, and at that temperature, …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wind chills could reach dangerous lows on Sunday and Monday nights.
There's cold, and there's Minnesota cold. The Twin Cities area is about to get the kind of freeze-your-face-off Arctic temperatures that give Midwesterners their reputation for hardiness. The temperature is expected to start dropping Saturday afternoon; Monday could be the first day in four years with a high temperature below zero, and Tuesday could be just as bad. Sunday and Monday nights could see lows of about 8 below zero, and with west-northwest winds of up to 11 mph, well, let's just say "freeze-your-face-off" might not be an exaggeration. Below zero cold for 48-72 hours? It's possible, says the National Weather Service. The combination of wind and cold could equal a wind chill of about 27 below zero, and at that temperature, …
