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We’ll get to the weekend weather shortly, but I want to update you on the Thursday afternoon and Thursday evening weather in northwestern Minnesota.

A mixture of light freezing rain, sleet and snow is expected to move into those areas, A winter weather advisory starts at 2 p.m. Thursday in far northwestern Minnesota and it begins at 5 p.m. and runs until midnight in the remainder of northwestern Minnesota:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory:

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Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 38 degrees on Nov. 21. The Twin Cities metro area highs will probably creep slightly above 40 degrees Saturday. Highs are also forecast to reach the 40s in southern and west-central Minnesota, with 30s elsewhere:

We’ve had three consecutive weekends with at least one really windy day. That streak ends this weekend, with wind gusts of only 8-15 mph in most areas on Saturday:

Plotted values are in knots, with 7 knots equal to 8 mph and 12 knots equal to 14 mph.

Back to temperatures, Sunday highs are forecast to reach the 30s in the north with lower 40s south:

Sunday wind gusts are expected to be in the 8-16 mph range.

Snow or a mix Saturday night into early Sunday

Some snow or a mix or light rain and snow could move into western Minnesota Saturday evening, then spread eastward Saturday night and linger into Sunday morning.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Saturday evening through Sunday afternoon:

Any snow accumulation in the Twin Cities metro area Saturday night and early Sunday would be very minimal.

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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We’ll have good hair days this weekend. Some of us will see a bit of snow or a wintry mix Saturday night and Sunday morning. We have all your weekend forecast details.

Weekend forecast: Near-normal temps; Saturday night and Sunday a.m. mix

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