WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY

Wind Chill Warning

Alert:

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP THE 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE AFTER 6 AM SATURDAY...THEN DOWN INTO THE 40 TO 45 BELOW RANGE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN.

Instructions: A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR QUICKLY AND EVEN HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

Target Area:

Clay

East Becker

East Marshall

East Polk

Hubbard

Kittson

Lake Of The Woods

Mahnomen

Norman

North Beltrami

North Clearwater

Pennington

Red Lake

Roseau

South Beltrami

South Clearwater

West Becker

West Marshall

West Polk

Forecast Office: NWS Eastern ND and Grand Forks (Northeastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota)

Winter Weather Advisory

Alert:

...WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...THE MAIN SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LAKE ENHANCED SNOW CONTINUING IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AREAS IN THE ADVISORY SHOULD RECEIVE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH A BROAD 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH EVEN HIGHER TOTALS IN THE SNOWBELT AREAS OF BAYFIELD AND IRON COUNTIES.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PINE RIVER...BRAINERD...AITKIN... DULUTH...PINE CITY...AND HINCKLEY.

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS ONE MILE.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

Instructions: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

Target Area:

Carlton, South St. Louis

Crow Wing

Pine

South Aitkin

South Cass