Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It’s a good thing that we went back to standard time last night. The extra hour of potential sleep helped make up for the times that strong winds rattled our windows and woke us up.

 included 56 mph at 9:20 p.m. Saturday at Holman Field Airport in St. Paul::

Alexandria, Minn. reported a wind gust of 55 mph late Saturday afternoon and Redwood Falls had a 54 mph gust at 9:34 p.m. Saturday. The peak wind gust at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 52 mph at 9:35 p.m. Saturday. 

The Duluth NWS office is checking into this wind report from northeastern Minnesota Sunday morning:

Gusts to 40-45 mph are possible through late morning in parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, so a wind advisory continues in those areas until noon this Sunday:

 Gale warnings continue for western portions of Lake Superior until 2 p.m. CST:

Updates can be found on the page of the NWS 

You can hear updated weather information on the MPR 

, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News 

High temps are expected to be in the 30s Sunday afternoon across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A few spots in southwestern Minnesota could reach the lower 40s. Twin Cities metro area highs are forecast to reach the upper 30s, with a stray 40 possible. That’s well below our average Nov. 1 high of 50 degrees.

Monday highs will range from the 40s in northeastern Minnesota to lower 60s in far southwestern Minnesota:

Metro area highs will be in the low-to-mid 50s.

Even warmer highs are on tap for Election Day on Tuesday:

Highs in the 60s are expected in the Twin Cities metro area and much of southern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon, with 50s to the north. I don’t see any weather problems in Minnesota or western Wisconsin on Tuesday.

Twin Cities highs metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 60s Wednesday through Friday. Some forecast models also give us highs in the 60s next weekend.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Ron Trenda

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The window-rattling winds of Saturday night and early Sunday have shifting eastward. We’ll have chilly sunshine Sunday afternoon, but much warmer temps are on tap this coming week

Chilly Sunday as winds slowly taper off; warmup begins Monday

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