Quiet Saturday weather, near-normal temps
A bit humid in some areas
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 81 degrees on August 13. We’re looking at metro area highs around 80 this Saturday afternoon. Parts of southern Minnesota will reach the lower 80s, but much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have highs in the 70s:
Highs in the 60s are expected near Lake Superior.
Saturday afternoon dew points will be in the sticky 60s in western, central and southern Minnesota:
Any rain?
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Southeastern Houston County of far southeastern Minnesota is seeing some scattered thunderstorms early this morning, and thunderstorms extend into parts of northeastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin. That thunderstorm activity is expected to move out of far southeastern Minnesota in a couple of hours. A rain-free day is expected in most of Minnesota and west-central and northwestern Wisconsin.
NOAA’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from noon to 10 p.m. this Saturday:
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.
Update
A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:20 this morning and it’ll include a look at Sunday and 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.