Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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September sent Minnesota a direct message this week. The weather DM reads something like:

Minnesota’s cool wet weather pattern lingers through Saturday. Temperatures Friday afternoon hovered in the coolish 50s in southern Minnesota under a gray September sky.

The weather pattern across North America changes next week. The jet stream lifts northward across Canada. Milder breezes blow into the Upper Midwest.

High temperatures next week reach the balmy 70s across most of Minnesota. Highs in the 80s favor western Minnesota but may ooze as far east as Brainerd and the Twin Cities by mid-week.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GFS model favors milder than average temperatures in late September. Keep in mind we don’t really place high in trust this and other models this far out for specific, day to day temperature accuracy. But they do usually latch on to trends. 

I don’t take the string of 70s and 80s depicted below as gospel. But the trend for milder than average temperatures after about September 20 is worth paying attention to.

A temperature range between 51 and 85 in the Twin Cities between September 19 and 25? That would be notable, and welcome for many if it’s even close. 

NOAA’s week 3-4 temperature outlook also slightly favors warmer than average temperatures as we turn the corner into…O…Oc…October. There. I said it.

Summerlike weather may stick around a while this September. 

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Paul Huttner

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Medium-range weather maps favor warmer temperatures into late September.

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Oklahoma Mesonet

Upper air forecast map for 7 pm September 19

NOAA

NOAA GFS model 16-day temperature outlook for Twin Cities 

Warming trend starts Sunday; luxurious weather next week

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