Cold Days, Colder Nights

It’s been a chilly February so far with many nights down into the negative double digits. We’ve had -28, -30, -34 and that is without windchill. The days have warmed up into the low double digits some days but at least those are above zero degrees.  We’ve had some nasty windchills too, here’s what we’re looking forward to today!

Weather Alerts

Northern Cook / Northern Lake, Southern Cook / North Shore, Cook County

Wind Chill Advisory issued February 22 at 3:09AM CST until February 23 at 10:00AM CST by NWS Duluth
Issued: Sunday, Feb 22 at 03:09 am
Expires: Monday, Feb 23 at 10:00 am
…DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING AND LINGERING INTO
MONDAY MORNING…
.ARCTIC AIR MOVED INTO THE NORTHLAND THIS MORNING WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING TO WELL BELOW ZERO DEGREES. THE COMBINATION
OF THE NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
THE WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE TO ABOUT 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
THIS AFTERNOON…BUT DETERIORATE AGAIN TO 30 TO 40 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL
READINGS…BOTH THIS MORNING AND EARLY MONDAY…WILL BE OVER
NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SOME AREAS OF FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA COULD GET
WIND CHILLS OF UP TO AROUND 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY…SO ANOTHER WIND CHILL WARNING MIGHT BE NEEDED.
…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM CST
MONDAY…
* LOCATIONS…NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
* TIMING…THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON… THEN DETERIORATE AGAIN TONIGHT
AND EARLY MONDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
MORNING…IMPROVING TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE DETERIORATING TO 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH…BECOMING WEST AND THEN SOUTHWEST
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
* IMPACTS…FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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