Wind Chill Advisory in Effect Through Wednesday Morning

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a wind chill advisory for Edina.

Wind chills could drop to between -20 and -30 until 6 a.m. Wednesday.

"A wind chill advisory means that very cold air and strong winds will combine to generate low wind chills," according to a statement from the NWS. "This will result in frost bite and lead to hypothermia if precautions are not taken. If you must venture outdoors, make sure you wear a hat and gloves."

Sustained winds are expected to range from 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

After the cold temperatures blow through Tuesday and Wednesday, snow is in the Thursday forecast.

Here is the full NWS statement:

... WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ... WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS.

* SNOW TOTALS: 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

... WIND CHILL VALUES IMPROVING SOME THIS AFTERNOON... BUT DROPPING AGAIN TONIGHT WITH A WINTER STORM APPROACHING FOR LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

.WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AS BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 5 ABOVE ZERO. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT... BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER THAN LAST NIGHT... SO WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP TO LESS THAN 25 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST AND INTERSTATE 35.

THE NEXT POTENTIAL WEATHER HAZARD IS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94... FROM MORRIS... TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO... TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON THURSDAY... AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST TO REACH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY... WITH AMOUNTS OVER SIX INCHES POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR THE MOST POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94.

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