Bundle up, Minnesota. The longest cold snap in nearly six years is on the way, and the mercury might not rise above zero from Saturday night until Tuesday afternoon. An arctic air mass that originated in Siberia will send temperatures tumbling from the balmy 30s Friday morning to well below zero for the weekend,

The NWS extreme cold warning for Duluth said: "The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes."

According to the European model, there's a chance that the air temperature at MSP could hit -20°F for the first time since 2019.

Residents in northern Minnesota can expect extremely cold temperatures over the weekend and into Tuesday as wind chills dip down as low as 55 degrees below zero.

"The warmth peaks Thursday and Friday before we go back into the deep freeze this weekend," the National Weather Service says — and Minnesota will be in the bullseye of the coldest temps and wind chills in the nation.

The National Weather Service says through Tuesday, widespread winds will produce dangerous wind chills as low negative 35 to negative 45 degrees

The latest from the National Weather Service is calling for up to six inches of snow in central Minnesota as a clipper system moves across the state Saturday night into Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service had multiple states under winter weather advisories or winter storm warnings early on Friday.

The National Weather Service has declared that dozens of counties in the region – at least two thirds of North Dakota and approximately the entire northern half of Minnesota – will be in an extreme cold warning from 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, through noon Tuesday, Jan. 21.

The National Weather Service forcasted wind chills as low as -24 degrees on Saturday and even lower for Saturday night in Willmar. The frigid was forecasted to last through Tuesday.

Additionally, a winter weather advisory is set for dozens of counties in eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota.

As extreme weather events across the globe are on the rise, emergency managers in Minnesota are working to make weather data more accurate across the state. Cook County Emergency Manager Mike Keyport explained that the Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers (AMEM) is spearheading the effort to study and address the gaps in weather radar.