Sabrina Ullman: Fluctuating temperatures for remainder of week

After reaching the positive single digits today, temperatures will fluctuate over the next few days.

Tonight will be partly cloudy with overnight lows in the negative teens along the Iron Range and northward and in the single digits below zero elsewhere. Koochiching County and the northern portion of St. Louis, Lake, and Cook Counties are under a Wind Chill Advisory from 9 pm tonight until 10 am Wednesday.

February begins with warmer weather Wednesday. Cloudy skies will help us warm to the teens in the afternoon.

Despite the improvements Wednesday, bitter cold air returns Thursday. Our high temperatures for the day will be in the morning. A blustery northwest wind of 15-20 mph will make wind chills become dangerous Thursday night into Friday morning. A Wind Chill Watch has been issued for Lake and Cook County, in effect from 6 pm Thursday until noon Friday.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around -5. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 15. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday

Patchy blowing snow before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 9. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Saturday

A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 25. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday

A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 29. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.