Wintry mix Thursday night, another storm Friday

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The Saturday morning low temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was four degrees above zero. Most of northern Minnesota had below-zero low temperatures, and many spots in the north had morning wind chill temps in the 20s below zero.

Saturday afternoon highs will be mainly in the teens across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. There will be a few 20s in far southern Minnesota and in parts of west-central Minnesota. Portions of far northern Minnesota will have single-digit highs today.  

Most of the Twin Cities metro area will top out in the upper teens Saturday afternoon, but a stray 20 is possible. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 33 degrees this time of year. Metro area wind chills are expected to remain below zero into early afternoon.

Low temperatures late Saturday night/early Sunday will be in the single digits across much of northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, with mainly teens to the south:

Sunday highs reach the 20s in much of the north, with 30s to the south:

Metro area highs will be around 30 degrees Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon wind chill temps will be in the single-digits above zero in northern Minnesota, with mainly teens above zero elsewhere:

Sunday afternoon wind chills will be in the 20s in southwestern Minnesota.

Back to high temperatures, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 30 degrees on Monday, then around 20 Tuesday followed by lower 20s Wednesday, mid 20s Thursday and around 30 on Friday.

Parts of far northern Minnesota could see a few light snow showers late Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Sunday to 11 p.m. Sunday:

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News 

. Wisconsin road conditions can be found 

The Twin Cities metro area could see some light snow Monday morning and also Tuesday afternoon and evening. Check forecast updates.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Ron Trenda

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Today will be the coldest day of the weekend, then Sunday highs will be much closer to normal. We have details on that, plus a look at who could see some snow on Sunday. We also take a look at November weather stats for the Twin Cities.

Cold Saturday into early Sunday; temps rebound Sunday afternoon

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