Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Saturday highs were slightly below average in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area, but that was OK. This is typically our warmest time of the year, so it’s still very comfortable when temps are a bit shy of average.

Sunday highs will be in the 80s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

A few spots in far northwestern Minnesota could top 90.

Sunday dew points will be mainly in the comfortable 50s:

Back to high temps, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 80s Monday, followed by upper 80s Tuesday and upper 70s on Wednesday. Highs rebound to the mid 80s for Thursday and Friday.

Temps may be a bit above average next weekend and into the start of the following week. The Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a tendency for above normal temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin from July 16 through July 20:

Many parts of Minnesota are still in drought. A search of forecast models show the possibility of meaningful rain in Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin Tuesday night and Wednesday. NOAA’s Global Forecast System (GFS) model shows the potential rain pattern from Tuesday evening through Wednesday evening:

Check forecast updates as we get closer to Wednesday.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio 

, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News 

The Minnesota Pollution Control agency has issued an air quality alert for northeastern Minnesota and parts of north-central Minnesota that started Saturday morning and continues to 6 a.m. Monday:

Here are details of the alert (which is shaded orange in the map above), from the MPCA:

People whose health is affected by unhealthy air quality

Some of the Canadian wildfire smoke may spread (aloft) over parts of central and southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Sunday.  That would give us a haze layer and lead to brilliant colors at sunrise and sunset on Sunday. 

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.

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