Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I’ll get to the Saturday and Sunday forecast shortly, but I first want to mention the wind advisories that continue this Friday afternoon/early evening.

There’s is a tight pressure gradient across Minnesota  right now, giving us strong winds. A wind advisory continues until 7 p.m. this Friday for much of central and southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area:

Northwestern Minnesota also has a wind advisory until 7 p.m.:

Winds could gust to 55 mph in parts of northwestern Minnesota this Friday afternoon.

In addition to the strong winds, northern Minnesota will have some snow showers at times  today, with periods of rain showers and snow showers in portions of central and southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

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

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

We had unusually warm temps last weekend, with Twin Cities highs of 54 degrees on Saturday and 60 on Sunday. Much cooler temps are on tap for this weekend.

Low temperatures early Saturday morning will range from single digits above zero in far northern Minnesota to upper teens in the south:

Saturday highs will be mainly in the 20s in northern Minnesota, with 30s in central and southern Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin:

Our Saturday forecast high of 34 degrees in the Twin Cities will be 13 degrees cooler than our average March 26 high temperature.

Saturday wind gusts will be over 20 mph in most areas:

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 18 knots equal to 20.7 mph.

Twin Cities metro area wind chill temps will be in the single digits early Saturday morning, then in the 20s Saturday afternoon.

Low temperatures early Sunday morning will range from slightly below zero in far northern Minnesota to the upper teens in southern Minnesota:

Sunday highs will range from 20s in far northern Minnesota to 30s in central and southern  Minnesota:

Sunday wind gusts will be fairly light, generally under 12 mph:

Most of Minnesota won’t see any snow or rain this Saturday and Sunday. There could be a few scattered snow showers in parts of northeastern Minnesota and far northwestern Wisconsin early Saturday morning.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 7 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. on Sunday:

Snow lovers will be interested to know that there’s still plenty of snow on the ground in much of northern Minnesota. Here’s the weekly snow depth map from the Minnesota State Climatology Office:

Most of north-central and northeastern Minnesota has 12 inches or more of snow on the ground and parts of northeastern Minnesota (especially Cook County and eastern Lake County) have 24 inches or more of snow cover.

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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Brighter weather is expected Saturday and Sunday but it’ll be chilly. We have your weekend forecast details, plus an updated snow cover map for northern Minnesota.

Weekend weather: Chilly temps; winds will be strongest on Saturday

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