Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Bright, cool Saturday; morning wind chill advisory in NW Minnesota

Morning flakes possible in northeastern Minnesota

Saturday’s early morning temps are below zero across much of western Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota. A wind chill advisory continues until 10 a.m. in northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota:

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Wind chill advisory until 10 a.m. Saturday
National Weather Service

Wind chills may be as low as 35 below zero.

Light snow chance northeastern Minnesota

Parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin could see light snow showers at times this morning. Much of Minnesota will have a dry day.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.:

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Simulated radar from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

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.

Cool temps

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 32 degrees this time of year. The official Twin Cities high was just 11 degrees on Friday, but we could reach the upper 20s for our Saturday high.

Most of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin will have highs in the 20s Saturday afternoon, with teens in northwestern Minnesota and near the Canadian border:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Update

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:20 a.m. It will include a look at Sunday and the week ahead. We could see some messy weather Monday morning.

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.