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Mild Sunday temps; Dense fog advisory western Minn. until 9 a.m.

Light winds again

Light winds and lack of clouds allowed temperatures in western Minnesota to drop to the dew point. That led to some dense fog in much of western Minnesota. A dense fog advisory continues until 9 a.m. this Sunday in the grey-shaded areas on the following maps:

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Dense fog advisory until 9 a.m.
National Weather Service
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Dense fog advisory until 9 a.m.
National Weather Service

Visibilities will be low in the advisory areas, and some icy patches are possible on roadways, especially on bridges.

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Mid-morning update

The dense fog advisory has been extended until noon in portions of western Minnesota. The NWS graphics can be found here and here.

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You can hear updated weather information on the MPR network, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Temps and winds today

Our average Twin Cities high is 30 degrees on Dec. 6. We’re shooting for a high in the upper 30s in the metro area this Sunday. There will be a lot of 30s in Minnesota and western Wisconsin today, but parts of west-central and southwestern Minnesota will top out in the 40s:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Winds will be fairly light, only gusting to 8-12 mph in most areas:

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Sunday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Plotted values are in knots, with 7 knots equal to about 8 mph.

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10 a.m. with details on the warmup that’s expected this week.

Programming note

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.