A chilly Saturday, with a.m. rain/snow showers eastern Minn. into Wisc.
Gusty winds
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Light snow continues in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin this Saturday morning. The remainder of eastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin may see a mix of rain showers and snow showers at times this morning.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern during the morning hours, ending at noon Saturday:
Western Minnesota will have the most sunshine today. Most of eastern Minnesota will see the sunshine break through this afternoon. The NAM forecast model shows the potential cloud coverage during the daylight hours of Saturday:
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR network, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
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Temps and winds
Saturday highs will be mainly in the 40s, with lower 50s possible in parts of far southern Minnesota:
Our average Twin Cities high is 62 degrees on April 24. We could top out around 51 degrees this Saturday.
Wind gusts of 16-22 mph are possible in many areas on Saturday:
Plotted gust forecasts are in knots, with 17 knots equal to 19.6 mph.
Updates
This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:15 a.m. with Sunday forecast details plus a look at the week ahead.
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.
