Southerly breezes for Saturday, with above-normal temps
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We won’t see any snowstorms or brittle wind chills today.
We have a high-pressure system to our southeast and a low-pressure system to the west, which will give us south-southeasterly breezes and mild temps.
It looks like a dry day in most spots. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the pressure pattern and the potential precipitation pattern from 9 a.m. Saturday through 9 p.m. Saturday:
A stray flurry is possible in far northern Minnesota.
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Saturday temps and wind chills
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is coldest from Jan. 10 through Jan. 24, at 23 degrees. Metro area highs will reach the lower 30s this Saturday. Highs in the 30s are on tap for much of Minnesota today, with mainly upper 20s in the northern third of Minnesota:
Saturday afternoon wind chills will be mainly in the teens to lower 20s above zero:
Great conditions for fun in the snow
If sledding, snowboarding or cross-country skiing are in your weekend plans, you’ll be happy to know that there’s plenty of snow on the ground across most of Minnesota:
The official Twin Cities snow depth is 12 inches right now, but some spots in the metro area have snow depths of 15 inches or higher.
The purple areas on the snow depth map indicate 18 inches or more of snow cover from northern Isanti County and northern Chisago County up through northeastern Minnesota.
The light purple areas in Pine County and portions of northeastern Minnesota have 24 inches or more of snow on the ground.
Some spots in far southeastern Minnesota have 2 inches or less of snow cover.
Update
A new Updraft will be posted around 10:30 a.m. today. It will include a look at Sunday and our rain and snow potential on Monday.
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