Weekend forecast: Warmer temps return; T-storm chance Sunday afternoon/evening
Sticky dew points Sunday afternoon
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Our cool and dry air will be replaced by warmer and more humid air as we go through the weekend.
Weekend temps and winds
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 83 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs are likely to reach the upper 80s this Saturday. Much of Minnesota will see highs in the upper 80s, with cooler temps in the northeast:
Saturday afternoon dew points will feel summery, with upper 50s in much of central and southern Minnesota as well as west-central Wisconsin:
Stickier dew points in the lower 60s are expected in parts of western Minnesota Saturday afternoon.
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Sunday high temps reach the upper 80s to around 90 in central and southern Minnesota, with some lower 80s in the far north:
Parts of southwestern Minnesota will reach the lower 90s.
Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the sticky 60s in most areas:
Thunderstorm chances return Sunday afternoon and evening
Saturday looks rain-free in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Some spots will probably see some periods of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon or evening. Several forecast models show scattered showers and thunderstorms moving into northern Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota Sunday afternoon, with the rain chance spreading into the Twin Cities, southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin late Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center shows a marginal risk of severe weather Sunday and Sunday night in the dark-green shaded area that covers parts of northern and central Minnesota and touches the northwestern edge of the Twin Cities metro area:
Marginal risk means that an isolated severe thunderstorm is possible. The graphic is provided by the Twin Cities NWS office. Our metro area thunderstorm chance appears to be mainly late Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening.
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.
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