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Warm Sunday temps; a look at the cloud forecast

Breezy by afternoon in the south and east

Our Twin Cities high temp was 67 on Saturday, a full 20 degrees above average. We’ll be just as warm today. The Twin Cities will share highs in the 60s with much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

A few spots in southwestern Minnesota could top 70. North-central and northeastern Minnesota can expect highs in the 50s.

Wind gusts will be highest in portions of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

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Sunday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Forecast gusts are in knots, with 17 knots equal to 19.6 mph.

Cloud/sun mix

There will be times when it is mostly cloudy today and other times where we have just scattered clouds. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential cloud cover as we go through the daylight hours of Sunday:

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Forecast cloud cover Sunday
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.

Update

A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:15 a.m. with a look at the week ahead, including rain and snow chances.

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.