Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It’s always something with Minnesota weather.

We wait through cold and snowy months for beautiful spring weather like this in Minnesota, but our dry sunny weather comes with a fire risk this year. 

The past two weeks have been very dry across most of Minnesota. Precipitation totals are running anywhere from 5 to 25 percent of the average across most of the state. You can see the sea of red on the precipitation departure map below:

This dryness combines with a very dry air mass across Minnesota. Dew points across Minnesota in the teens and 20s compare with parts of the southwest deserts. 

Relative humidities today are running in the teens and 20s across Minnesota. At 2 p.m. the relative humidity in Moorhead was just 6 percent.

 have been issued by the Duluth and Grand Forks NWS offices. 

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Paul Huttner

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Dry spell across Minnesota; high fire danger up north. Our lovely spring weather comes with a fire risk.

Duluth National Weather Service

Precipitation departure from average over the past 14 days

Dry spell across Minnesota; high fire danger up north

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