Major Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold in the North-Central U.S.

A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies/Plains into the Mid-South beginning Friday, spreading eastward to the Mid-Atlantic and New England this weekend. An Arctic front will bring frigid temperatures and gusty winds that will lead to dangerous wind chills from the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Granite Falls, Granite Falls Municipal Airport/Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB)

Lat: 44.75°NLon: 95.56°WElev: 1047ft.

Fair

7°F

-14°C

Humidity	65%
Wind Speed	W 16 G 21 mph
Barometer	30.22 in
Dewpoint	-3°F (-19°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-11°F (-24°C)
Last update	22 Jan 9:15 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Wood Lake MN

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

Extreme Cold Warning January 22, 09:00pm until January 23, 12:00pm

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Extreme Cold Watch

Extreme Cold Warning

Today
High: 8 °F⇓
Slight Chance
Flurries and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: -20 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
then Mostly
Clear
Friday
High: -8 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -14 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 4 °F
Cold
Saturday Night
Low: -9 °F
Partly Cloudy
Sunday
High: 3 °F
Cold
Sunday Night
Low: -13 °F
Mostly Clear
Monday
High: 18 °F
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

A slight chance of flurries. Patchy blowing snow between 11am and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around -6 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around -20. Wind chill values as low as -43. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -8. Wind chill values as low as -42. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -14. Wind chill values as low as -23. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph.

Saturday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -9. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 3. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.