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The National Weather Service office in Duluth has issued a Freeze Warning for Koochiching County. It takes effect at 1 a.m. CDT Monday, Oct. 5 and runs until 9 a.m. that morning. The warning was issued at 1:19 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4.
The alert calls for “sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28.” The same warning covers North Itasca, Central St. Louis, North St. Louis, and Northern Cook and Lake counties. The Weather Service lists the severity as Severe and the urgency as Expected.
Forecasters in Duluth write in their Area Forecast Discussion that “high pressure settles in” Sunday night, bringing “mostly clear skies and light winds.” They call it “a pretty good radiational cooling night.” The discussion’s key message is that near-freezing and below-freezing temperatures are expected Sunday night.
Expected lows are “hovering around freezing,” the forecaster writes. That makes the main challenge “delineating who gets a Frost Advisory versus who gets a Freeze Warning.”
Much of northeast Minnesota away from Lake Superior and north of US-2 has the best chance of seeing temperatures around or just below freezing. The discussion puts that chance at 30 to 80 percent, “with the highest chances in the typical low spots.” The forecaster adds: “I was generous with Freeze Warnings there.”
The forecaster also sees “some potential for very slightly colder temperatures than most models suggest.” Wind is the other side of the question. If winds “remain even a little higher than currently forecast (which they could), that could negate cooling a bit.”
Other zones in northeast Minnesota are under a Frost Advisory for the same hours, 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday. The Freeze Warning is limited to the zones the discussion lists as warned. The forecaster also writes that there “could be some minor headline changes today depending on how things look with the next forecast update early this afternoon.”
The Hazardous Weather Outlook for Koochiching County carries the same message. It says “Freezing and near freezing temperatures are expected tonight,” and “Frost and freezing temperatures are expected early Monday morning.” Both lines state that Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are in effect.
The alert states the impacts directly: “Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.” Neither the discussion nor the outlook adds local effects beyond that.
The instruction issued with the warning is brief. The National Weather Service advises residents: “Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.” No other specific guidance was issued with the alert.
Updates appear on the National Weather Service Duluth site at weather.gov/dlh and on the forecast page for International Falls linked below. The discussion points to a forecast update early this afternoon, and the Weather Service can change the headlines when it does.
