Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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The fall 2022 warm weather hits just keep on coming.

Upper air and surface forecast maps push yet another unseasonably warm air mass into Minnesota starting this weekend and peaking later next week. Temperatures around 20 degrees above average look likely by late next week. 

First, we pine for the few light showers that will move across Minnesota overnight. Unfortunately, rainfall will be light and not a significant factor in easing our extreme drought. Remember, you can check out our interactive radar images on the 

Sunshine returns to Minnesota from west to east on Friday. Highs will be in the 60s for southern Minnesota Friday through the weekend. 

Halloween looks as good as it gets this year for trick-or-treaters in Minnesota. Sunshine, light winds and mild temperatures will make for one of the best Halloweens on record. 

 from the Minnesota State Climatology Office.

Next week’s weather maps look unseasonably warm. Highs in the mid to upper 60s look very likely for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota next week. 

And 70s look possible late next week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model is cranking out highs well into the 70s by late next week.

That’s still a long way off, so we’ll see if the magnitude and duration of the warmup pan out. 

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