Minnesota Weather: A Brief Polar Vortex Déjà Vu

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After our second helping of snow Thursday, dangerous temperatures are returning to Minnesota Friday.

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WCCO-TV Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says the snowfall measured Thursday at MSP Airport -- 5.7 inches -- set a new daily record, passing the previous record of 5 inches set in 2001. And we've had 10.2 inches of snow just in this first week of February -- beating December and January's total snowfall by more than 3 inches.

snow fizzled out by early Thursday evening, but it didn't look that way in many parts of the state due to high winds, which whipped the white stuff all over the place. Many people will have to shovel all over again Friday as a result.

Parts of northern Minnesota got anywhere from a foot to a foot-and-a-half of snow that has accumulated after the one-two punch of Wednesday and Thursday's storm systems.

Visibility will be poor throughout Minnesota well into Friday morning, and temperatures are falling quick between late Thursday and Friday morning, with wind chill advisories, watches and warnings across the state.

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It will feel like the polar vortex all over again in western Minnesota, with feel-like temperatures in the high minus-40s. It won't feel any better in the Twin Cities, with feel-like temps in the low minus-30s.

Winds will subside by Friday afternoon, and our prodigal sun returns -- but the high temperature in the metro won't budge much above zero.

We'll begin a slow warm-up this weekend, and be back in the 20s by Monday. Our next chance for shovelable snow is coming Tuesday, and it could be some heavy stuff.