Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Temperatures early Sunday morning are in the teens in the metro area and southern Minnesota, with a lot of single digits in northern Minnesota. A few spots in far northern Minnesota are below zero.

Sunday highs will be mainly in the 30s, with some 20s in northern Minnesota:

Some spots in the metro area could touch 34 degrees this afternoon. That’s cool; our average Twin Cities high is 47 this time of year.

Sunday afternoon wind gusts will be much lower than what we saw yesterday. Gusts will be mainly in the 9 to 14 mph range this afternoon:

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 10 knots equal to 11.5 mph.

With high pressure nearby, the isobars will be much more spaced out than yesterday, so we’ll have much lighter winds. We aren’t expecting any rain or snow today.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the surface pressure pattern and the lack of nearby precipitation for Sunday:

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 

A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:15 a.m. with an update on the rain and snow that are expected this coming week.

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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Ron Trenda

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Temps will be cool today, but at least we’ll have plenty of sunshine. We have the forecast details. We also have the Minnesota snow cover map for those who want to go sledding, cross-country skiing or snowmobiling.

A chilly but bright Sunday; lighter winds

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