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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Extreme Cold Snap Headed This Way

National Weather Service warns of dangerous wind chill levels in Dakota County from midnight Thursday through noon Friday.

  UPDATED: 8:00 a.m. 1/30/2013: The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for the Twin Cities area, warning that temperatures could reach dangerous levels from midnight Thursday through noon Friday. The combination of wind and cold could result in wind chills of 35-50 below zero during the early morning hours Friday. At such temperatures, extreme caution is warranted to avoid frostbite and hypothermia.   Original post: Here we go again. The unseasonably warm temperatures of the past few days give way to another cold snap today, with temperatures in central Dakota County dropping to about 3 below zero tonight. Thursday's high will barely top the zero mark, and on Thursday night, we could see temperatures dip to 12 below …

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