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Dense fog advisory Sunday AM northwest Minn.; above-normal temps

Dry day in most areas

Light winds overnight allowed radiational cooling to the dew point in many areas. As a result, we are seeing some areas of fog in North Dakota, Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The most concentrated fog covers much of eastern North Dakota plus west-central and northwestern Minnesota.

A dense fog advisory continues until 10 a.m. this Sunday in much of northwestern Minnesota:

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Dense fog advisory (grey) Sunday morning
National Weather Service

Here are details of the dense fog advisory in northwestern Minnesota:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 603 AM CST Sun Feb 12 2023 MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-121600- /O.CON.KFGF.FG.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-230212T1600Z/ West Polk-Norman-Kittson-Roseau-West Marshall-East Marshall- Pennington-Red Lake-East Polk- Including the cities of Crookston, East Grand Forks, Ada, Twin Valley, Halstad, Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, Roseau, Warroad, Greenbush, Warren, Stephen, Argyle, Newfolden, Middle River, Grygla, Thief River Falls, Red Lake Falls, Fosston, Fertile, McIntosh, and Erskine 603 AM CST Sun Feb 12 2023 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...West Polk, Norman, Kittson, Roseau, West Marshall, East Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake and East Polk Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.

Warm temps linger

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 27 degrees this time of year. Sunday highs in the metro area and much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will be in the upper 30s to around 40:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Some spots from Bemidji northward and in far southeastern Minnesota could reach the lower 40s.

Dry day

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have a dry Sunday. There could be a stray sprinkle or flurry later today near the Canadian border.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the surface pressure pattern and the precipitation pattern from 10 a.m. Sunday to 10 p.m. Sunday:

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Simulated radar from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Update

A new updraft will be posted around 10:20 this morning. It’ll include a look at the week ahead and our rain and snow chances.

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. Saturday and Sunday.