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Dangerous Wind Chills

Friday, January 18, 2013

Brace Yourself: Arctic Air, Wind Chills are on the Way

Let's face it, we've been a bit spoiled last winter and so far this winter. However, enjoy the 30 and 40 degree temps going into the weekend, because Sunday's serving up a dose of cold reality

According to the National Weather Service, the first half of our winter (Dec. 1 - Jan 15) has been much warmer than normal, with some areas of the state as much as six degrees above average temperatures. However, let's not get ahead of ourselves. There's still another half to go, and the coldest airmass of the season is poised to enter the Upper Midwest late this weekend and early next week. While Friday and Saturday's temps will hopefully help to melt that stubborn half inch of icy snow that fell about a week ago, Sunday will give way to an Arctic chill. This frigid airmass has been bottled up in Canada for much of this week, but it appears it will move into the area early next week bringing us the coldest temps of the winter so far. High…

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