Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Parts of Minnesota will see some strong to severe thunderstorms Friday night and early Saturday. Cooler, more comfortable weather arrives after that.

Saturday highs will be in the lower 80s from the Twin Cities into southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with mainly 70s elsewhere.

We have juicy dew points across Minnesota Friday afternoon. that’s fuel for some strong to severe thunderstorms late Friday into Saturday morning.

Far northwestern Minnesota is already seeing some scattered Friday afternoon thunderstorms. An isolated thunderstorm is also possible elsewhere in Minnesota and western Wisconsin later this afternoon and this evening. 

An approaching cold front will ignite more numerous thunderstorms in Minnesota and western Wisconsin as we go through Friday night and into early Saturday. There will be a chance of an isolated thunderstorm Saturday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday:

NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh forecast model shows the following rain pattern for Friday evening through Saturday afternoon:

The NWS Storm Prediction Center shows an enhanced risk of severe weather Friday afternoon through Friday night (which ends at 7 a.m. Saturday) in northwestern and west-central Minnesota, with a slight risk (shaded yellow) of severe weather from north-central through southwestern Minnesota:

Enhanced risk means that numerous severe thunderstorms are possible, slight risk means that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible:

Most of the Twin Cities metro area is in the Storm Prediction Center’s marginal risk category Friday night into early Saturday, which means that an isolated severe thunderstorm is possible..

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 

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The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch valid until 9 p.m. this Friday for portions of North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota:

Portions of Morrison, Stearns and Benton county had 6 to 12 inches of rain Thursday night into early Friday.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for several counties in central Minnesota from 10 p.m. this Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday:

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After our recent hot weather, you may be ready for some cooler temps. 

Saturday highs will be in the lower 80s from the Twin Cities into southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with mainly 70s elsewhere:

Saturday afternoon dew points will be in the 50s to the northwest, with sticky 60s lingering in the southeast:

Sunday highs will be in the 60s in northern Minnesota, with 70s in central and southern Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin:

Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the comfortable 40s:

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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Ron Trenda

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Parts of Minnesota will see some strong to severe thunderstorms Friday night and early Saturday. We have details on that, plus some cooler weekend temps.

Weekend weather: Scattered thunderstorms into early Saturday; cooler temps follow

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