Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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If you like summery temps and dew points, you’ll enjoy our Sunday weather. Highs are forecast to reach the 80s Sunday afternoon across roughly the southern half of Minnesota as well as western Wisconsin. The Twin Cities metro area will probably top out in the lower 80s, which is well above our average Sept. 6 high of 76. Most of northern Minnesota will have Sunday highs in the 70s.

Dew points will be in the 60s in locations that see highs in the 80s, so it’ll feel very summery.

Northeastern Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin will have a chance of scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm Sunday afternoon/early evening. 

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Winds will gust to 20-30 mph this Sunday afternoon/early evening in the Twin Cities metro area. Higher winds are expected to the north, and northwestern Minnesota could see gusts to 40-45 mph. There is a wind advisory from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Sunday in much of northwestern Minnesota:

Strong winds will spread eastward this evening.  A gale warning for Lake Superior starts at 9 this Sunday evening and continues to 7 a.m. Monday:

Here are details of the western Lake Superior portion of the gale warning:

I’ve noticed some trees showing fall colors already. This tree in St. Paul has a nice selection of colors; including green, yellow, orange and red:

Fall-like temps will arrive tomorrow. Monday highs will be mainly in the 50s, with some lower 60s possible in the far south:

It looks like the southern third of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin will have periods of showers on Monday. The showers may hold off until afternoon in the Twin Cities. Northern and central Minnesota will have lower shower chances.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Monday and Monday evening:

Tuesday highs will be in the 50s in many areas:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be in the mid 50s again on Wednesday, followed by lower 60s Thursday and upper 60s on Friday. 

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.

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It feels like summer today, but Labor Day will be much cooler. Winds will really pick up this afternoon and some areas have wind advisories. We have details on all that plus a look at the week ahead.

Summery but windy today; much cooler on Labor Day

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