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Subzero Temperatures

Monday, February 18, 2013

Dangerous Wind Chills in Forecast Again

Apple Valley-Rosemount commuters will see subzero temperatures, extreme wind chills Tuesday morning.

  Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Apple Valley-Rosemount and the rest of the Twin Cities Metro area are in for another round of wicked cold Tuesday morning. Today's relatively mild winter temperatures will plunge overnight; by 8 a.m., it should be 5 below zero, accompanied by winds of more than 20 mph. That adds up to a dangerous wind chill of 28 below zero. Temperatures should recover into their 20s again later in the week, but more snow is expected to fall Thursday and Friday. The cities could also see snow showers next Tuesday and Wednesday. As always, it's important to be safe during such extreme temperatures, which can freeze exposed skin in less than half an hour. Here are a few …

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Subzero Temperatures Headed This Way

Wind chills could reach dangerous lows on Sunday and Monday nights.

  There's cold, and there's Minneapolis 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 of less than zero. 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. The combination of wind and cold could equal a wind chill of about 27 below zero, and at that temperature, according to the National Weather Service, exposed skin is subject to frostbite in less than 30 minutes. By the …

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