Welcome, weather watchers! This is your chilly Martin Luther King Day forecast for Carter Lake, Iowa.
Bundle up, folks, because we're talking arctic temperatures that'll make your nose hairs freeze! Overnight, we're looking at a bone-chilling negative 4 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chill values plummeting to negative 13 degrees. It's so cold, even penguins would say "no thanks"!
Today on Martin Luther King Day, expect a high of a whopping 8 degrees Fahrenheit. We've got a chance of flurries after noon, with northwest winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour. Wind chill values will drop to a teeth-chattering negative 18 degrees. Dress like you're preparing for an expedition to the North Pole!
Tonight continues the deep freeze with temperatures diving to negative 8 degrees Fahrenheit. Northwest winds will howl between 5 to 13 miles per hour, making wind chills reach a brutal negative 20 degrees.
Tuesday brings slightly more mercy with sunny skies and a high near 21 degrees Fahrenheit. Wednesday offers a 30 percent chance of snow, with temperatures climbing to a relatively balmy 36 degrees Fahrenheit.
Looking ahead, we'll see temperatures gradually warming, with Friday reaching a positively tropical 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
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