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A breezy and drier Sunday

Shower chances far northern Minnesota

Our average Twin Cities high temp is 83 degrees on July 24. Some spots in the metro area could touch 80 Sunday afternoon, with upper 70s in other parts of the metro.

Much of Minnesota will have Sunday highs in the 70s, with a few spots in the south touching 80:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Notice that there will be a few upper 60s in far northern Minnesota.

Sunday afternoon dew points will be fairly comfortable, in the low to mid 50s:

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Sunday 1 p.m. forecast dew points
National Weather Service

It’ll be a breezy day, with gusts in the 20 to 26 mph range by afternoon:

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Sunday 1 p.m. forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 20 knots equal to 23 mph.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Shower chance stays north

The daylight hours of Sunday look rain-free in much of Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. There could be a few scattered showers in north-central and northeastern Minnesota and parts of northwestern Wisconsin.

Update

A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:20 a.m. and it will include a look at the week ahead.

Programming note

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