Mild Sunday temps; foggy start, best shower chance to the south
Gusty winds northwest
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We’re starting our Sunday with areas of fog in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. That fog will dissipate later this morning.
Most of us will have many rain-free hours today. There may be a few scattered showers and possibly an isolated thunderstorm in far southern Minnesota this afternoon and evening. A few stray showers and an isolated thunderstorm are also possible near the Canadian border. The metro area could see an isolated shower late this afternoon or this evening.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High resolution Rapid-Refresh (HRRR) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern for Sunday afternoon and evening:
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.
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Mild temps
Our average Twin Cities high temperature on May 16 is 69 degrees. We’ll be several degrees warmer than that this Sunday, with parts of the metro area reaching the upper 70s. Sunday highs will be mainly in the 70s, with some lower 80s in far northwestern Minnesota:
There’ll be some 60s near Lake Superior.
Sunday afternoon wind gusts will be mainly in the 10-15 mph range:
Plotted gusts are in knots, with 10 knots equal to 11.5 mph. Northwestern Minnesota will have some gusts over 20 mph at times.
This Updraft blog will be updated around 10:20 a.m. with a fresh look at our Sunday weather and a peek at the week ahead.
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.
