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KEY MESSAGES

- Bitterly cold wind chills of 25 to 35 below this morning. A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect through noon today.

- Well-below normal temperatures continues into Friday and then more seasonable temperatures start to move into the region for the weekend and the early part of next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 304 AM CST Mon Jan 26 2026

This Morning

Wind chills will remain in the 25 to 35 below range through much of this morning. It continues to look like this will be the only day this week in which a Cold Weather Advisory will be needed.

Late This Afternoon and Tonight

The 26.00z models continue to show that a shortwave trough will move southeast through region this evening. As it approaches, Bufkit soundings saturate up 700 mb. Much of the temperature profile is colder than the dendritic growth zone. It still looks like our snow to liquid ratios will be around 20 to 1. The QPF along and north of Interstate 94 has changed very little over the past 2 days remaining in the 0.01 to 0.03 inch range. The highest snow totals will be around a half-inch along and north of Wisconsin 29.

Tuesday though Friday

The area will remain in northwest flow from Tuesday through Friday. As a result, well-below normal temperatures will continue. High temperatures will be in the single digits and teens. Low temperatures will be in the single digits below and above zero. In addition, it continues to look like we will see little, if any, precipitation.

Next Weekend and Early Next Week

The western ridge nudges east toward the region. This will result eventually in more seasonable temperatures. Like the past couple of days, there is some uncertainty on where the storm track will be located.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 522 AM CST Mon Jan 26 2026

A shortwave trough will move through the region this evening. As it approaches this afternoon, the mid- and high clouds will increase late this morning and afternoon. In the wake of this system, MVFR clouds will move into and persist through the overnight.

ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

WI...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061. MN...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for MNZ079-086>088- 094>096. IA...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST today for IAZ008>011-018- 019-029-030.