Yikes! Now that is cold!

This image is a surface plot of the Midwest from about 7:45am.  The lines represent wind speed and direction, temperatures are the red numbers and dew points are the green numbers.  The colored circles that you see around the Great Lakes indicate current sky condition and cloud cover.

What I want you to look at are the sub-zero temperatures across the upper Midwest!  A very cold Arctic high pressure sits across the Dakotas this morning and with clear skies temperatures have fallen to as cold as -20°F in many locations!  What's even worse is the wind.  There is a departing area of low pressure on the other side of the Great Lakes and the difference in pressure between the two has caused a few gusty winds early this morning.  Wind chills in some locations have fallen to as cold as -40°F!!!!  Extreme Cold Warnings have been issued for Minnesota, all of North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota for today.  Northwest winds will continue to pull down that cold air mass keeping temperatures in the single digits here for this afternoon!