Milder Saturday temps; some sun by afternoon
Breezy at times
Updated at 8:15 a.m.
Parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin will see some snow this morning. Reduced visibilities are also expected at times. Here’s an update from the Duluth NWS:
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Duluth MN 738 AM CDT Sat Apr 2 2022 MNZ020-037-WIZ001-002-021445- Southern Lake-Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas-Bayfield- Including the cities of Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Duluth, Superior, Washburn, and Bayfield 738 AM CDT Sat Apr 2 2022 ...BRIEF HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING... A band of heavy snow will move eastward across Douglas, Bayfield, southeastern St. Louis, eastern Carlton, and southern Lake counties this morning. Expect visibility to drop to less than one- quarter mile for up to half an hour as the band passes. Affected locations will see rapidly changing weather and road conditions, with brief heavy snow and gusty winds. A quick snow accumulation of up to half an inch is possible. Some locations affected through 930 AM include Duluth, Superior, Solon Springs, Maple, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Maple, and Iron River. This includes portions of Minnesota Highway 23, Wisconsin portions of Highway 2, Highway 53, and Highway 63, and Wisconsin Highways 13, 27, and 35. If you are traveling and encounter adverse winter driving conditions, reduce speed and make sure headlights are on.
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.
The Twin Cities metro area and west-central Wisconsin could see a passing sprinkle or flurry this morning. There will be a good chance of some rain showers in south-central and southeastern Minnesota Saturday morning, possibly mixed with some flakes at times.
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Much of southern and central Minnesota will have sunshine and patchy clouds Saturday afternoon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential cloud coverage from 8 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Saturday:
Clouds will linger much of the day in parts of northern Minnesota, where a few scattered afternoon sprinkles are possible.
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.
Temps and winds
Our average April 2 high temperature is 50 degrees in the Twin Cities. That’s about where we’ll top out in the metro area on Saturday. There will be some 30s in far northern Minnesota and some lower 50s in parts of south-central Minnesota, with mainly 40s elsewhere:
It’ll be a bit breezy by Saturday afternoon, with wind gusts over 20 mph at times:
Forecast gusts are in knots, with 18 knots equal to 20.7 mph.
Update
A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:15 a.m. with a look at Sunday and the week ahead.
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.