Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

A warm Saturday, with filtered sunshine

Evening t-storm chance northwestern Minnesota

Smoke from Canadian wildfires contributed to our colorful sunrise in Minnesota and western Wisconsin this morning:

We’ll have filtered sunshine today, with highs in the 90s in most locations:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

There will be some 80s near Lake Superior.

Dew points will be mainly in the 50s today, with a few spots topping 60 in southwestern Minnesota and in the far north:

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Saturday 1 p.m. forecast dew points
National Weather Service

Wind gusts will be over 20 mph at times in western Minnesota, with 14-18 mph in many other locations:

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Saturday 1 p.m. forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Forecast gusts are in knots, with 14 knots equal to around 16 mph.

It’ll be a rain-free Saturday in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Far northwestern Minnesota could see a shower or thunderstorm Saturday evening.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Update This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:20 a.m. with details on our Sunday weather 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.