Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I wish that I could be talking about dry weather, sunshine and warm temps this weekend. That’s just not in the cards.

April will end with periods of rain and a few embedded thunderstorms Friday evening through Saturday and Saturday night.

Southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin will see lingering showers Sunday morning, while parts of northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin will have periods of rain through most of Sunday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 5 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. on Sunday:

Flood warnings continue along the Red River in northwestern Minnesota. Parts of northwestern Minnesota could see 2 or more inches of rain over the next 36 to 48 hours. A flood watch continues in northwestern Minnesota until 7 a.m. 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 

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 63 degrees on April 30. The metro area will probably reach the upper 50s Saturday afternoon. Most of central and southern Minnesota, plus western Wisconsin, will have Saturday highs in the 50s, with 40s in northern Minnesota:

Saturday wind gusts could top 30 mph in parts of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 27 knots equal to 31 mph.

Back to temperatures, most of Minnesota will have highs in the 40s on Saturday, with 50s from the Twin Cities metro area into southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

Sunday afternoon wind gusts will be in the 20-28 mph range:

Many of us are enjoying the spring green-up.

Anyone who still wants to do some sledding or cross-country skiing will be happy to know that there’s still plenty of snow cover in much of northeastern Minnesota. The weekly snow depth map from the Minnesota State Climatology Office shows 12 inches or more of snow cover in eastern Lake County and western Cook County of northeastern Minnesota:

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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It would be nice to see sunny and dry weather this weekend, but that’s not in the cards. We have your weekend forecast details. 

Weekend weather: Mostly rainy, cloudy; coolest temps Sunday

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