Another wintry storm Friday

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Our Saturday weather was gorgeous, and it was just the start of a weather winning streak that will continue through Sunday and into Labor Day.

A high pressure system extends from just north of Lake Superior back over Minnesota and the eastern sections of North and South Dakota. The high will drift slowly eastward the next 36 to 48 hours, so we have a sun-splashed Sunday in the forecast and just patchy clouds on Monday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model isn’t depicting any rain in our area on Sunday or Monday:

The Saturday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 76 degrees, which is just shy of our average Sept. 3 high of 77 in the Twin Cities.

Light winds overnight will allow temps to drop into the 40s across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Lows could dip to the lower 50s by early Sunday morning in the downtown areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, with upper 40s in some of the suburbs.

Sunday highs will be in the mid 70s in much of the Twin Cities metro area. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have Sunday afternoon highs in the 70s:

Portions of northeastern Minnesota will top out in the 60s.

Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the comfortable 40s and lower 50s:

Labor Day highs will be in the 70s in most spots, with lower 80s in parts of far western Minnesota:

Some spots in the Twin Cities metro area could touch 80 degrees Monday afternoon.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 80s on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by upper 80s Thursday and lower 80s on Friday.

We’ll probably see metro area highs in the 70s next Saturday and Sunday, then above-normal temps could return the following week. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a tendency for above-normal temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin for the period from September 11 through September 17:

Above-normal doesn’t necessarily mean hot weather this time of year. For example, our average Twin Cities high temp is 74 degrees on Sept. 15.

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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