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Snow and Wind Later Today, Whiteout For Some, Bitter Cold to End the Week

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Preston, Fillmore County Airport (KFKA)

Lat: 43.68°NLon: 92.17°WElev: 1270ft.

Unknown Precip Fog/Mist

23°F

-5°C

Humidity	86%
Wind Speed	W 12 G 22 mph
Barometer	29.79 in
Dewpoint	19°F (-7°C)
Visibility	1.00 mi
Wind Chill	11°F (-12°C)
Last update	21 Jan 12:35 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

5 Miles S Saint Charles MN

Extreme Cold Watch January 23, 11:00am until January 24, 12:00pm

Extreme Cold Warning January 22, 09:00pm until January 23, 11:00am

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Extreme Cold Watch

Extreme Cold Warning

This Afternoon
High: 24 °F
Snow
Tonight
Low: 5 °F
Slight Chance
Snow and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Thursday
High: 11 °F⇓
Partly Sunny
then Chance
Flurries and
Breezy
Thursday Night
Low: -20 °F
Mostly Clear
and Blustery
then Partly
Cloudy
Friday
High: -10 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -17 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: -2 °F
Cold
Saturday Night
Low: -11 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow
Sunday
High: 4 °F
Cold

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Snow, mainly before 5pm. High near 24. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight

A slight chance of snow before 7pm, then a chance of flurries after 4am. Patchy blowing snow between 7pm and 9pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -9. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday

A chance of flurries before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 11 by 11am, then falling to around 2 during the remainder of the day. Wind chill values as low as -18. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -20. Wind chill values as low as -43. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Friday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -10. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -17. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -2. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -11. South wind around 6 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.