Justin Liles: Fog, freezing fog, flurries, and continued warmth

January 24th: Thick fog to develop

Thick fog to develop

Our weather this week is benign. There isn’t much happening here in the Northland over the next week. Warmer temperatures will continue to hang around through the end of the and through the weekend. During this time warmer air in the higher aloft is trapping the fog in place. The air quality may become stagnate and have a slight smell to it. Fog, freezing fog, and light flurries will hang around the rest of the work week and into the weekend too. This means we could be seeing some slow traveling during the early morning hours the rest of the week due to fog and freezing fog.

By Saturday some parts of the Northland will see the start of sun. Increased sunshine, along with gusty winds by early next week could create the perfect conditions for quick snow melt. The Duluth area only has a 5” snowpack currently, by Wednesday of next week this could all be gone as temperatures are the region climb into the 40s.

TONIGHT
A slight chance of snow showers and freezing drizzle with patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 29. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
THURSDAY
A slight chance of drizzle, snow showers, and freezing drizzle before noon, areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 34. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
FRIDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind around 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.
SUNDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
MONDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
TUESDAY
Partly sunny, with a high near 40. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.