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A chilly and breezy Halloween

Far northern Minnesota could see a sprinkle or a few flakes

Yes, it will be a chilly Halloween, but at least we aren’t forecasting a snowstorm. We’ll have info on the 1991 Halloween blizzard in the updated Updraft posted around 10:15 a.m. today.

Temps and winds

Our average Twin Cities high temp is 50 degrees this time of year. We won’t get out of the 40s this afternoon:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Wind gusts will be over 20 mph in many areas:

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Sunday 1 p.m. forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Plotted wind forecasts are in knots, with 20 knots equal to 23 mph.

Parts of northern Minnesota could see a few scattered sprinkles or snowflakes at times. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern for Sunday and Sunday evening:

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Simulated radar Sunday and Sunday evening
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

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.

Evening weather

Trick or treaters will have 7 p.m. Sunday temps in the 30s in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with temps close to 40 in the metro area and parts of southeastern Minnesota:

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Sunday 7 p.m. forecast temps
National Weather Service

Here are some point forecasts:

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Halloween evening forecast
National Weather Service

And some forecast details for northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin:

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Halloween weather forecast
National Weather Service

Happy Halloween!

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.