A warm and windy Sunday; p.m. shower chance western Minnesota
Wind advisories today
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 November low temp in Twin Cities weather records that go back to 1871:
Winds ramp up
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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:
Here are details of the wind advisory:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 340 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 MNZ041>045-047>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024- 081800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0013.201108T1600Z-201109T0000Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice- Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-St. Croix-Pierce- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Shakopee, Hastings, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Osceola, Hudson, and River Falls 340 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. A few gusts may reach 55 mph over western Minnesota. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin and central, east central, south central, southeast and west central Minnesota. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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Warm again
Highs in the 70s are forecast over roughly the southern half of Minnesota this afternoon, with 60s north:
Rain chance west
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.
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