Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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The Saturday afternoon high temp was 79 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. That was a bit above our average Sept. 11 Twin Cities high of 75 degrees. We’ll be a bit cooler on Sunday. 

Scattered showers will spread across parts of northern and central Minnesota Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night.

Some scattered showers and thunderstorms will spread across portions of southern Minnesota and into parts of Wisconsin late Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night. A shower or thunderstorm could also clip the southern part of the Twin Cities metro area overnight Saturday night.

The NWS Storm Prediction Center shows a marginal risk (shaded dark-green) of severe weather Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night in south-central and southeastern Minnesota and on into portions of Wisconsin:

Marginal risk means that an isolated severe t-storm is possible.

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 

A few lingering showers are possible Sunday morning in southern Minnesota and southern Wisconsin.

Areas of showers and thunderstorms will spread across Minnesota and western Wisconsin from Monday afternoon into Monday night.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning:

We’ll also have a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon into Thursday evening.

Sunday highs will be in the 60s across the northern third of Minnesota, with 70s elsewhere:

Sunday dew points will be in the comfortable 40s and 50s:

Back to forecast high temps, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 70s on Monday, followed by lower 70s Tuesday, mid 70s Wednesday and around 80 on Thursday. Highs then retreat to the mid 70s on Friday.

Above-normal temps are expected next weekend and into the beginning of the following week. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a tendency for above-normal temps in Minnesota and western Wisconsin from Sept. 17 through Sept. 21:

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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Saturday was summery, Sunday will feel like September again. We have the forecast details, including who may see a thunderstorm overnight Saturday night and the best rain chances this coming week.

A bit cooler Sunday; lots of 70s this coming week

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