Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our inbound low-pressure system slogs through Minnesota this week. It will stall right over the Twin Cities Wednesday, then lollygag toward Duluth and northern Minnesota Thursday.  It won’t rain all the time at your house but expect multiple waves of rain through this week. 

A solid swath of 1- to 3-inch rainfall still appears likely by the weekend. 

I hope you enjoyed the record high of 85 degrees Monday. We likely won’t see temperatures that warm for at least two to three weeks. 

It’s been an unseasonably warm April in Minnesota so far. April temperatures through Tuesday are running about 12 degrees warmer than average in the Twin Cities. It’s a sea of warm colors again on the April temperature departure map. 

April’s other, colder weather shoe drops later this week through next week. NOAA’s six- to 10-day temperature outlook strongly favors colder than average air masses next week. 

The average high and low in the Twin Cities by Sunday are 56 and 35 degrees. Highs next week are likely to hover in the 40s and 50s most of the week. 

Frost is still quite possibly next week. Hold off on those petunias for a while. 

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Paul Huttner

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One- to 3-inch rainfall this week for much of Minnesota. Much cooler through next week.

NOAA

NOAA GFS model Tuesday afternoon into Thursday morning

NOAA via tropical tidbits

Twin Cities National Weather Service

Monthly precipitation departure from average

Lollygagging low brings rain waves this week; much cooler next week

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