“This cold snap, it’s going to be a good part of next week, with the high not reaching above zero even on Wednesday,” said Bill Barrett, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks.The weather service issued a winter storm watch for the northern Red River Valley starting late this afternoon and running through Saturday afternoon, with a 90 percent chance of heavy snow tonight and a 70 percent chance of snow Saturday.Drivers’ visibility could get as low as a quarter of a mile, according to the weather service.Six inches of snow or more is possible for the region, with the highest amounts closest to the Canadian border.Wind chills will drop to 30 degrees below zero Saturday, according to the weather service.For temperatures, the forecast shows:Today: a high of 20 degrees, low of 8Saturday: high of 9, low of 23Sunday: high of 14, low of 25Monday: high of 5, low of 17Tuesday: high of 4, low of 19Temperatures should warm up by Thursday, with a high of about 10 degrees, Barrett said.But the cold temperatures early this month will make the first half of the month colder than normal, he said.It’s a change from last month, which was between 6 and 6.5 degrees warmer than normal, on average, Barrett said. cheap nfl jerseys The 1.8 total inches of snowfall last month was also less than normal.”You go years and years without seeing that in December,” he said.Neither the “warm” December nor the upcoming cold temperatures set a tone for the rest of the winter, Barrett said. Meteorologists have not seen “a strong signal” for whether this winter will be overall mild or brutally cold.By this time last year, there had been strong signals forecasting the winter to be extremely cold, which it was, he said.”This cold snap, it’s going to be a good part of next week, with the high not reaching above zero even on Wednesday,” said Bill Barrett, meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks.The weather service issued a winter storm watch for the northern Red River Valley starting late this afternoon and running through Saturday afternoon, with a 90 percent chance of heavy snow tonight and a 70 percent chance of snow Saturday.
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