Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Get ready for some big weather changes in the next week across Minnesota.

Our weather goes from freezing to lake weather in the next week. Our warming trend is gradual this week. But then forecast models insist on a gush of warmer, and more humid air blowing into Minnesota.

First, one more freeze for much of Minnesota. The Twin Cities escaped widespread frost as a cloud deck held temperatures up to 39 degrees at MSP Airport this morning. We may not be so lucky tonight. 

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What’s the perfect recipe for freezing temperatures in Minnesota? Clear skies, light winds and low dew points. It’s all in place tonight as temperatures plummet after sunset tonight. Lows tumble into the teens in northern Minnesota. Temperatures hover around freezing in the Twin Cities Tuesday morning. 

The only hope for preventing a widespread freeze in the Twin Cities are the shorter nights now. 

It’s possible we may challenge some record lows Tuesday morning across Minnesota. The record low at MSP Airport Tuesday morning is 28 degrees.

May returns to form this week as temperatures warm. Highs return to near 70 degrees by Thursday and through the weekend.

Wednesday looks like the wettest day this week. NOAA’s GFS model paints riving shower bands.

All major forecast models insist the warmest air mass of 2020 so far will blow into Minnesota next week. The only differences center on how warm. Models have been cranking out highs in the 70s and 80s, with a few approaching 90 degrees in southern Minnesota next week.

Next week’s summery air mass comes with the first shot of tropical humidity. Forecast models paint dew points int he 60s and 70s across Minnesota next week.

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Paul Huttner

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The season’s warmest air mass so far appears ready to push into Minnesota next week.

Twin Cities National Weather Service

NOAA

NOAA via Weather Bell

NOAA via tropical tidbits

Canadian model temperature output Tuesday May 19

Environment Canada via tropical tidbits

NOAA GFS dew point forecast Wednesday May 20

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