Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I’m giving this weekend 5 of 10 Weather Lab stars. Could be worse. Could be better.

Our weekend weather falls into the “decent” category for early to mid-April. We timed the rainfall to fall during the week. This weekend will be mostly dry across Minnesota, with the exception of steady light rain in northeast Minnesota Sunday. 

It’s a pretty good weekend forecast for a bike ride, walk, or getting those spring yard chores done. 

We’re finally getting something close to “average” in Minnesota. Sunday is milder of the two days overall.  Highs make the 50s up north with low 60s south if we manage enough sun. 

Western Minnesota will see plenty of sunshine this weekend. We’ll be searching for peeks of sun in the Twin Cities and eastern Minnesota this weekend. Sunday may bring some sunny breaks in the Twin Cities.

Here’s NOAA NAM 3 km resolution low cloud (stratus) forecast this weekend.  

Next week brings a strong cold front. Highs will be as much as 40 degrees colder by Tuesday compared to 85 degrees last Monday. 

When does it warm up again? 60s look possible as we approach the last weekend in April.

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Paul Huttner

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Our weekend weather falls into the “decent” category for early to mid-April. We timed the rainfall to fall during the week. This weekend will be mostly dry across Minnesota, with the exception of steady light rain in northeast Minnesota Sunday. 


NOAA GFS model 7-day temperature output for Twin Cities

NOAA | Graph by David Montgomery | Paul Huttner | MPR News 

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NOAA NAM 3 km model low cloud product Sunday

Decent weekend; temps plunge next week

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