Temperatures drop before weekend warmup
Bright blue skies might have deceived some of us into venturing out into these dangerous conditions, but wind chills will stay between minus 25 and minus 35 degrees in most of the area Wednesday night. Skies will remain mostly clear as air temperatures head to their coldest point of this polar plunge.
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