Well, I'll do a follow up on Blizzard Alvin in a later post... But, to quickly report; we have now officially hit record low temperatures on two consecutive nights here in Grand Forks, ND.
The Grand Forks NWS office issued a Record Report earlier this morning:
Wind Chill Advisories continue through noon today (Saturday) for the possibility of Wind Chills to drop to -25 to -40° F.RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
118 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
..RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT GFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AT MARK ANDREWS GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 33 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WAS SET FOR JAN 1. THIS
ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS LOCATION FOR
NEW YEAR'S DAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...SET
IN 1974.
THE JANUARY 2 RECORD OF 27 DEGREES BELOW ZERO HAS ALSO BEEN BROKEN.
THIS RECORD WAS ATTAINED IN 1991. SO FAR THE LOW TEMPERATURE
RECORDED FOR JANUARY 2 WAS 34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. AN UPDATED RECORD
EVENT WILL BEEN SENT OUT LATER THIS MORNING ONCE THE MINIMUM HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE DAY.
