* TEMPERATURE... DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS... RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EVENING TO BELOW ZERO READINGS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEAN THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES... SO MAKE SURE A HAT AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE.
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... FIRST REAL ARCTIC BLAST OF THE WINTER MOVING INTO THE REGION...
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE GOPHER STATE EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN PUSH ACROSS WISCONSIN. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO OVER ALL OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS TO ELK RIVER..TO CAMBRIDGE. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... AS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES DIP TO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE.
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