Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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A very nice Wednesday with sunshine through high clouds and more widespread 60s and 50s across Minnesota. Showers brush southern Minnesota Thursday into Friday.

If you liked Tuesday’s sunshine, you’ll love Wednesday. We had a high of 58 degrees in the Twin Cities Tuesday. It will be even warmer, in the low 60s for many places and we’ll have more sun. The sun will be filtered out by some high clouds at times.

A storm system will move mainly south of Minnesota Thursday into Friday but portions of southern Minnesota could see a few showers.

For most, it will still be mild Thursday. Far southern Minnesota, where there will be more clouds and a few showers will be cooler, in the 50s.

The developing story for next week is just how hot it may get. Yes, you read correctly, HEAT. 

This is a good time to separate model projected scenarios from forecasts. You’ve certainly heard me and other meteorologists float the possibility of 90 degrees next week since some models are doing so but that’s not a forecast, that’s a possible scenario.

The forecast is still for 70s to low 80s for Monday into Tuesday and Wednesday next week. That’s because that’s the most likely, middle range of scenarios. However, nearly half of the models we use for the medium range forecasts are now forecasting 90 for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota at some point next week. That’s a definite trend upward and as we get closer, it becomes a little bit more likely. 

Here’s a look at the maximum temperature forecast next week (some are on different days) for several different computer models for the Twin Cities.

Regardless, everyone anticipates above normal temperatures next week and more humid air combined with a potentially stormier setup. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has its eye on Monday still for some possible strong storms in southern Minnesota and Iowa.

Many areas had double (or more) their normal snowfall in the month of April along Minnesota’s North Shore. Finland saw 41 inches of snow since the spring equinox.

You can see, however, that we’re making progress at melting that snowpack in northeastern Minnesota. While there is still about 12 to 18 inches of snow along the higher terrain around Finland and between Grand Portage and the Gunflint Trail, that’s down from more than 2 feet a week ago.

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A very nice Wednesday with sunshine through high clouds and more widespread 60s and 50s across Minnesota. Showers brush southern Minnesota Thursday into Friday.


A nice Wednesday with a continued heating trend

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