Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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It’s a breath of fresh air this week around Minnesota. 

We’re finally catching a nice break from persistently warmer than average temperatures this July. With just one week left in July, temperatures are running 3.1 degrees warmer than average so far this month in the Twin Cities. And 17 of 24 days in the weather books so far this month have been warmer than average. 

Our break from the heat and humidity will last most of this week. High temperatures will hover in the 70s across most of Minnesota. 

By Thursday, a secondary cool front will feel more September than late July. Highs will be in the 60s north, to 70s south. It could be the coolest day in the Twin Cities and most of Minnesota since early June.

Our free AC this week also comes courtesy of lower dew points. Dew points Monday have been in the fall-like 40s in the Twin Cities and eastern Minnesota. They will briefly rise into the low 60s Tuesday before the next cold front sweeps in a drier air mass with dew points back into the 40s by late Wednesday and Thursday. 

Check out NOAA’s GFS dew point output into Thursday morning below. 

There are signs that the intense heat dome that’s been covering the central and eastern parts of the U.S. may nudge northward toward Minnesota next week. Newark, New Jersey, has hit 100 degrees a record five straight days. 

NOAA’s 8 to 14-day outlook strongly favors warmer than average temperatures as we hit August next week. 

Early indications from the forecast models are that southern Minnesota may push into the 90s again next week. But it looks like northern Minnesota may stay cooler.

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Paul Huttner

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