Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I’ll get to the weekend forecast shortly.  

Areas of dense fog have developed in central Minnesota. A dense fog advisory is in effect from today through 11 a.m. Friday for much of central and west-central Minnesota:

The dense fog advisory does not include the 7-county Twin Cities metro area, but it includes bordering counties to the west and northwest.

Here are details of the dense fog advisory:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR 

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

Clouds will linger through much of the coming weekend, with areas of fog most prominent at night and during the morning hours. One forecast model does show that we may see a glimpse of sun Sunday afternoon.

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 23 degrees on Jan. 9. The metro area will top out in the mid to upper 20s Saturday afternoon, with highs in the 20s across Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Sunday highs will also be in the 20s, with upper 20s in the metro area:

Forecast models aren’t showing any accumulating snow this 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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If grey is your favorite color, you’ll like the weekend weather forecast. We have details on that, plus the current dense fog advisory in central Minnesota.

Weekend forecast: A lot of clouds; temps a bit above normal

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