Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Look for occasional scattered showers Friday and Saturday with snow possible in the Arrowhead Saturday night into Sunday. Wind gusts will increase to over 40 mph Sunday. There are signs of warmer weather later next week.

More rain fell overnight Thursday into Friday with the heaviest across central Minnesota.

We’ll see occasional scattered showers continue into Friday night.

Temperatures will be pretty steady in areas with showers, though southeastern Minnesota will pop into the 60s ahead of the main area of showers Friday afternoon.

We also have a flood watch across northeastern Minnesota through Sunday evening due to the possibility of significant rainfall on top of deep melting snow pack.

There’s still plenty of snow for the North Shore, especially along the higher terrain.

Another round of showers is possible Saturday afternoon especially into Sunday for eastern Minnesota. In the Arrowhead, snow is possible.

Up to a few inches of new snow could fall in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness area.

We’re still on track for warmer weather for the middle and later part of next week, although just how warm is still a question. We should at least see normal temperatures, if not above.

Forecast high temperatures by Wednesday should be well into the 60s at least for the southern half of the state.

I’ve been getting a few questions from gardeners itching to get to work if the last frost or freeze is behind us, at least in the Twin Cities.

The median last frost, that is the date where half the time the last frost occurs (but also half the time it comes after) is late April for the Twin Cities and much of southern Minnesota.

What we really like to examine are the dates of the latest 10 percent of frosts. That’s typically mid-May for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota.

After these next several days, where overnight lows will be in the 30s (but above freezing in the Twin Cities), it does look warmer and then we’re into the second week of May. I’d say, after Tuesday, we’re probably safe in the Twin Cities from frost and freezes this season.

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Look for occasional scattered showers Friday and Saturday with snow possible in the Arrowhead Saturday night into Sunday. Wind gusts will increase to over 40 mph Sunday. There are signs of warmer weather later next week.


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

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