Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I’ll start with some records that were set on Saturday…

New record highs for Nov. 7 were set in the Twin Cities (74 degrees), St. Cloud (69) and also in Eau Claire, Wis. (75). 

Our low temp of 60 in the Twin Cities was the warmest 

 low temp in Twin Cities weather records that go back to 1871:

A strengthening low pressure system over the western Dakotas will ramp up our winds today. Winds could gust to 40-50 mph in the Twin Cities metro area by afternoon and they could gust over 50 mph at times in western Minnesota.

Wind advisories (shaded brown) cover much of Minnesota and parts of west-central Wisconsin until 6 p.m. this Sunday:

You can hear updated weather information on the MPR 

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

Highs in the 70s are forecast over roughly the southern half of Minnesota this afternoon, with 60s north:

Western Minnesota could see scattered showers later this afternoon and this evening. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Sunday afternoon and evening:

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10 a.m. with your updated Sunday forecast and a look at the week ahead.

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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Leaf raking will be difficult today, as winds ramp up. It’ll be unusually warm for November. We have your Sunday forecast details.

A warm and windy Sunday; p.m. shower chance western Minnesota

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