Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Last weekend, we had Twin Cities highs in the mid 70s. The high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this Saturday was 56 degrees. Our average high on May 21 is 71 degrees.

Our winds will lighten up as we go through Saturday night and the cloud cover will shrink. Temperatures will drop into the 30s across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin overnight into early Sunday morning:

Minneapolis and St. Paul and the inner ring of suburbs may see lows close to 40 degrees, with 30s elsewhere in the Twin Cities metro area.

When winds are light, the temperature near the ground can be several degrees colder than the official temp which is measured 5 feet above the ground.

The National Weather Service has issued frost advisories from 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday for the blue-shaded areas on the following maps:

The green-shaded areas in northern Minnesota have flood warnings plus frost advisories. Northwestern Minnesota is also in a frost advisory into mid morning on Sunday.

You can cover tender plants to protect them from frost, and small potted plants can be stored in a garage, apartment or house overnight.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

Flood warnings (shaded green in the previous map) continue in the Rainy River Basin of northern Minnesota. Here are the details:

Here’s additional info on the flooding:

Sunday highs will be in the 50s in many locations:

The Twin Cities metro area and some spots in southeastern Minnesota could creep slightly above 60.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 60s on Monday, followed by mid 60s Tuesday and Wednesday, then around 70 Thursday and lower 70s on Friday.

It looks like we could see scattered showers late Monday and also on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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.

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It’ll be chilly overnight and Sunday, and some areas will see frost. We have the forecast details, including a look at the week ahead.

Chilly overnight and Sunday; frost possible in some areas

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