Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Our sunnier, warmer spring weather is working on stubborn lake ice across northern Minnesota. Most of the big lakes are still hanging on to a weakening sheet of ice. But many smaller lakes are giving up their icy winter coat.

 from this week from the Minnesota DNR. Many of these lakes are running about 10 days later than the median ice-out date.

Ron Trenda did a nice job laying out the 

 in his post today. So here’s a look ahead into next week.

A warm front blows in by Monday. It blows in an increasingly warm and humid air mass next week. Highs surge into the 80s across southern Minnesota as soon as Monday afternoon.

We catch a bit of a break Tuesday with highs back into the 70s. But 80s return Wednesday and Thursday next week.

Next week’s inbound air mass originated over the Gulf of Mexico. That means tropical humidity levels will surge north next week. The European model is cranking out dew points approaching 70 degrees by next Wednesday and Thursday.

I was hoping to have the windows open for comfy breezes for several weeks this spring. But it looks like we’re going from heat to AC in just a few days in the next week.

It does look like more pleasant, cooler, and less humid, spring air could return starting the weekend of May 14-15.

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Paul Huttner

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Some lakes in northern Minnesota are now mostly ice-free.

NASA MODIS 250-meter visible satellite image Friday

NASA via University of Wisconsin-Madison

Minnesota DNR 

NOAA

European model (ECMWF) dew point forecast 

Ice-out moving north; 80s and humid next week

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