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A taste of April this Sunday

Gusty winds

Our average Twin Cities high temp is 37 degrees on March 7. We’re headed to around 60 this Sunday afternoon. That’s warm; 60 is our average Twin Cities high temp on April 19.

Sunday highs will range from the upper 60s in southwestern Minnesota to the upper 40s in parts of the northeast:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Sunday wind gusts will be in the 20 to 32 mph range in many areas:

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Sunday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Plotted gusts are in knots, with 22 knots equal to around 25 mph.

Here is the NWS forecast of peak wind gusts today:

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Sunday forecast max wind gusts
National Weather Service

Notice the 35-39 mph peak wind gust forecast in parts of southwestern Minnesota.

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

Update

This Updraft blog will be updated around 10 a.m. with details on some very warm temps on Monday and Tuesday, plus our next chance of rain.

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.