Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 74 degrees. That was four degrees warmer than our average Sept. 20 high temp. As advertized, it was a windy day, with a peak wind gust at MSP airport of 39 mph. Some spots in Minnesota saw gusts well over 40 mph at times.

Monday won’t be nearly as windy, but it’ll still be breezy:

Plotted gusts are in knots, with 16 knots equal to around 18 mph and the 24 knots in northwestern Minnesota equal to almost 28 mph.

Monday highs will be mainly in the 70s, with some lower 80s to the southwest:

A  brief shower is possible Monday, especially in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to hit around 80 degrees on Tuesday, followed by lower 80s Wednesday. Our high retreats to the mid 70s Thursday, then we rebound to around 80 degrees on Friday.

Several Gulf Coast states have seen a lot of rain this month, and more rain is on the way.

Tropical storm Beta will move very slowly over the next few days:

Beta’s slow movement will drop a lot of rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana:

Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy is expected to pass just to the east of Bermuda on Monday:

Here’s a portion of the Sunday afternoon update on Teddy, from the 

The National Hurricane Center gives updated tropical advisories about every three hours.

We’re seeing spotty fall color in the Twin Cities metro area, but our peak fall colors don’t typically arrive in the metro area until sometime in October.

Fall colors are really popping in parts of northern Minnesota. Here’s the latest 

 from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources:

The areas shaded yellow are showing the most changeover to fall colors at this point. Keep in mind that all deciduous trees are included in the fall color report, not just maples.

It’ll be interesting to watch how those fall colors spread southward in the next two to three weeks!

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Ron Trenda

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Was it windy enough for you on Sunday? Thankfully, our winds won’t be as strong on Monday. We have above-normal temps on tap this week. Details on that, plus an update on Beta and Teddy.

Warmer than normal this week; no soaking rains in sight

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