By DJ Kayser, filling in for Douglas:
Douglas: It'll feel below zero to start off the week
A thaw later in the week won’t last, and colder air could linger all of next week.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 12, 2025 at 8:55PM
Well, at least the ground isn’t brown anymore! As of 6 a.m. Sunday, 0.6 inches of snow had fallen through Saturday night at MSP, bringing us to a whopping 9.5 inches of snow so far this snow season.
Last winter we had only 7 inches through Jan. 12. So at least we can say we’re ahead of last winter! There have been recent years worse than this: The winter of 2004-05 only saw 4.4 inches by this point in the season, with 4.5 inches in 2006-07 and 5.3 inches in 2002-03.
Northern Minnesota will see a few potential shots of snow late this week, but the chances of additional snow for the metro are essentially zero. We’ll start the week windy and chilly with highs in the single digits Monday and Tuesday, but on both days it’ll feel like it’s below zero all day. A thaw for the second half of the week won’t last, as colder air blasts in next weekend. That colder air could linger all of next week.
Unfortunately, critical fire conditions continue through midweek in southern California — especially tonight into Tuesday.
A thaw later in the week won’t last, and colder air could linger all of next week.
