Weekend forecast: Mild Saturday, breezy and cool on Sunday
Chilly temps for Halloween evening
We’ll see drier weather return on Friday, and there isn’t any significant rain (or snow) in the weekend forecast.
Weekend temps and winds
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 51 degrees on Oct. 30. Metro area highs will reach the upper 50s Saturday. We’ll share highs in the 50s with most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:
Saturday winds will be lightest to the east, but winds will gust over 20 mph in west-central and northwestern Minnesota:
Plotted wind forecasts are in knots, with 18 knots equal to 20.7 mph.
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The strongest winds are behind a cold front, which will swing through Minnesota and western Wisconsin from late Saturday into Sunday. Gusty winds are expected statewide on Sunday.
Sunday high temps will be mainly in the 40s:
Trick-or-treaters will need to bundle up. Temperatures at 7 p.m. CDT will be in the 30s in many areas, with some lower 40s to the southeast:
It’ll still be breezy Sunday evening.
Sprinkle or flake chance far north Sunday p.m.
Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see a dry weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model does show the potential for a Sunday rain or snow shower in far northern Minnesota:
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
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.