“A clipper brings a chance of snow to the Northland Tues/Tues night, with a dusting up to several inches accumulation,” says the NWS in Duluth. “Greatest snow accumulation is expected over the Arrowhead and in the NW WI snowbelt.”

Nothing blockbuster, but the Twin Cities could get a dusting of fresh powder. The next chance for "accumulating" snow comes Friday night into Saturday morning. And by "accumulating," the National Weather Service means less than an inch for the Twin Cities.

Bundle up, Minnesota. The longest cold snap in nearly six years is on the way, and the mercury might not rise above zero from Saturday night until Tuesday afternoon. An arctic air mass that originated in Siberia will send temperatures tumbling from the balmy 30s Friday morning to well below zero for the weekend,

The northernmost 33 counties in Minnesota (nearly half of the state - all shown in dark blue above) will see an extreme cold warning, which goes into effect at 6 pm on Saturday night and stays in place through noon on Tuesday.

Thousands of Minnesota students got an extended Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend Tuesday as many schools across the state shut down due to extreme cold. Other students were allowed to stay home but had their lessons moved online.

According to the European model, there's a chance that the air temperature at MSP could hit -20°F for the first time since 2019.

It has to reach an air temp or wind chill of -35 to generate an extreme cold warning in the Twin Cities. In greater Minnesota, the criteria for an extreme cold warning is -40 (air temp or wind chill). The map below shows potential wind chill values at 7 p.m. Monday.

The rare winter storm that hit the southern U.S. dumped significant amounts of snow on areas that usually get none.

Minnesota has had hardly any snow so far this winter. But we could finally get more soon based on the latest predictions.

(KNSI) — The National Weather Service has issued an extreme cold warning in effect until noon on Tuesday. A dangerous cold snap has central Minnesota in its icy grip, with wind chills expected to plummet as low as -41.

Residents in northern Minnesota can expect extremely cold temperatures over the weekend and into Tuesday as wind chills dip down as low as 55 degrees below zero.

If snow is a blanket for grass, the grass in Minnesota is feeling cold and vulnerable while the grass along the Gulf Coast is cozied up in a weighted snow blanket after 6-10+ inches buried the coastline from New Orleans to Pensacola.