Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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A summerlike air mass looks ready to push north into Minnesota during the Memorial Day weekend.  

Clouds linger across parts of eastern Minnesota Thursday. Then, our warming trend begins in earnest on Friday. Bright sunshine, blue skies and temperatures into the 70s will make for one of the best weather days in Minnesota this year. 

If you’re able to get an early start on the holiday weekend, good for you. Friday looks nothing short of spectacular. 

Saturday and Sunday bring lower 80s to southern Minnesota with mostly 70s up north. 

Humidity levels will still be fairly comfortable Saturday and Sunday with dew points mostly in the 50s to lower 60s. 

Memorial Day itself looks more like the Fourth of July on the weather maps. If you’ve been waiting for a steamy summery day, Monday looks like your day. Highs likely reach the upper 80s to near 90 in southern Minnesota Monday afternoon.

Dew points will surge into the 60s to near 70 degrees Monday. Check out the moisture surge as dew points surge on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model between Saturday and Sunday evening. 

There will be a few a spotty boomers drifting through our summery air mass this weekend. NOAA’s GFS model gives you the idea of a couple of waves of scattered storms this weekend. 

It’s still too early to rely on forecast models for precise timing and coverage, but this gives you the idea of a few passing storms. It’s likely there will be far more hours of sunshine than rain this weekend. 

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Paul Huttner

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This weekend will feel like early June, and even July in parts of Minnesota. 

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