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There have been some areas of dense fog this morning in parts of Minnesota. 

Dense fog advisories continue until noon in northwestern and central Minnesota. A dense fog advisory runs until 11 a.m. across much of southern Minnesota and most of the Twin Cities metro area, plus three counties of west-central Wisconsin. Carver and Scott counties in the southwestern part of the metro area have a dense fog advisory until noon today.

Here are graphics showing the Saturday morning dense fog advisories:

Here are details of the dense fog advisory that runs until noon in the southwest metro:

Some areas could see freezing fog at times, and possibly a stray flurry.

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 

Saturday highs will be mainly in the 20s in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, but a few spots in the northwestern corner of Minnesota could touch 30. Saturday winds will be light in most areas.

Sunday highs reach the upper 20s to around 30 in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Sunday afternoon wind gusts will be in the 10-16 mph range in most areas, with higher gusts to the northwest:

Plotted winds are in knots, with 10 knots equal to 11.5 mph.

Forecast models are showing plenty of cloud cover in most areas on Sunday. Here’s the Sunday cloud forecast from NOAA’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model:

Some thinning or brief breaks are possible in the cloudiest areas Sunday afternoon, but most areas are expected to see a mostly cloudy Sunday.  I know, we could use some sun!

Thinking of playing in the snow this weekend? The Thursday snow depth map from the Minnesota State Climatology Office shows at least 4 inches of snow cover in most locations, with 8 inches or more in northeastern Minnesota and parts of north-central Minnesota:

Mild (for January) temps are expected this coming week. Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 30s on Monday, followed by upper 30s Tuesday and Wednesday, then mid 30s Thursday and upper 20s on Friday.

No big storms are expected, but the metro area could see a rain shower or snow shower Wednesday night or early on Thursday.

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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There’s a lot of grey in our weekend forecast. Sunday will be the mildest day of the weekend. We have your weekend forecast details, plus a look at the week ahead.

Pesky clouds and areas of fog today; could hit 30 on Sunday

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