Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It’s said we earn our summers in Minnesota. If true, we're getting our money’s worth this year.

As we close out July, summer is running about 3 degrees warmer than average in much of Minnesota. We’ve had 12 days of 90-degree heat in the Twin Cities this summer. And more than our share of big thunderstorms. 

It’s been a real Minnesota summer so far.

A cool front eases across Minnesota Saturday. Look for scattered showers and thunderstorms along the frontal zone. Severe weather looks unlikely, but a few storms may bring local downpours, feisty wind gusts and lightning.

NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model shows scattered cells sliding south through Minnesota Saturday. The most likely timing for scattered pop-up storms the Twin Cities will be Saturday afternoon and evening.

Next week brings August, and hints of September will be in the air. Saturday’s cool front pushes south by Sunday. A stronger bubble of Canadian high pressure builds in starting Sunday. 

Our inbound Canadian air mass brings noticeably cooler air next week. Northwest flow aloft brings a cooler airflow into Minnesota.

Highs in the mid-70s south and near 70 north will give us a hint of September in the first week in August.

Summer’s not over yet. The longer-range maps suggest summerlike warmth will return as August deepens. 

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Paul Huttner

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A noticeably cooler air mass visits Minnesota starting Sunday.

Huttner, Paul

NOAA NAM 3 km model between 9 am Saturday and midnight Sunday

Scattered Saturday thunder; hints of September next week?

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