A bright and breezy Sunday; back to the 30s
Strongest winds this afternoon/early evening
It feels like January this morning.
Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin had single-digit temperatures at sunrise Sunday morning. Some spots in west-central and northwestern Minnesota were a few degrees below zero.
The morning low temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 7 degrees. The average Twin Cities low temperature on March 19 is 26 degrees.
Thankfully, temperatures will recover nicely Sunday afternoon as southwesterly breezes pick up.
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Dry Sunday
It’ll be a dry Sunday across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday:
You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.
Highs and winds
Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 43 degrees on March 19. Sunday highs are forecast to reach the 30s in the metro area and across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:
Parts of far northwestern Minnesota will have Sunday highs in the 20s.
Sunday afternoon wind gusts may be over 30 mph at times. Here are forecast 1 p.m. wind gusts:
Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 27 knots equal to 31.1 mph.
The highest wind gusts are expected to occur toward mid and late afternoon. Parts of southwestern Minnesota could see gusts near 40 mph at times this afternoon/early evening, with blowing snow possible in open areas.
Closing in on seventh-snowiest
The official 2022-2023 Twin Cities snow season total (measured at MSP airport) is 81.2 inches.
That puts the current snow season in the eighth-snowiest position in Twin Cities weather records.
Just two-tenths of an inch of additional snow will put this Twin Cities snow season in the seventh-snowiest position.
We may see some rain mixed with snow late Tuesday and also on Wednesday.
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.