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Comfy Saturday weather; a passing shower in some areas

Breezy by afternoon

At 7 a.m. Saturday there were scattered showers on radar, from near St. Cloud through parts of the western and southern Twin Cities metro area and on toward Rochester. The scattered showers were tracking southeastward and may continue to follow that general track this morning.

Highs Saturday afternoon will be mainly in the 70s, with some 60s in northeastern Minnesota and 50s near the North Shore of Lake Superior:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Saturday dew points will be in the comfortable 40s in many areas with very dry 30s to the northeast:

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

It’ll be a bit breezy Saturday afternoon, with gusts of 20 to 25 mph at times:

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

Plotted values are in knots, with 18 knots equal to about 21 mph.

You can hear updated weather information on the MPR network, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

This Updraft blog will be updated by 9:45 a.m. with info on the rest of the weekend and the warmup that’s coming next week.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.