Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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North-central and northeastern Minnesota look mainly dry Friday evening and overnight. Northwestern Minnesota could see a few scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm.

The southern two-thirds of Minnesota and portions of western Wisconsin will see rain at times Friday evening and overnight Friday night, with a few thunderstorms possible.

The Minnesota Fishing Opener begins at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and Mother’s Day is on Sunday, so there’s plenty of interest in the weather this weekend.

Periods of rain are likely in much of southern and central Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin Saturday and Saturday night. There will be some thunderstorms too.

The steadiest rains Saturday and Saturday evening are expected in southwestern and south-central Minnesota, with more intermittent rain elsewhere. After sunrise on Sunday, the rain chance will be mainly in far southern Minnesota.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 4 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday:

NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows the following rain pattern from 4 a.m. Saturday to noon on Sunday:

Heavy rain could cause flooding in parts of southwestern Minnesota Saturday afternoon into Saturday night, so a flood watch has been issued for several counties:

Here are details of the flood watch in portions of southwestern Minnesota, which begins Saturday afternoon:

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

. You can also check the following National Weather Service sites for updated weather info: 

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 68 degrees on May 13. Twin Cities metro area highs are forecast to be around 70 on Saturday. Northern Minnesota will see a lot of 70s Saturday afternoon, with mainly 60s to the south and also in western Wisconsin:

There will be some 50s near Lake Superior.

Sunday highs will reach the 70s in many areas, including the Twin Cities:

There will be some 60s Sunday afternoon in far southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and near Lake Superior.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 70s on Monday, followed by upper 70s Tuesday, mid-70s Wednesday then lower 70s Thursday and upper 60s on Friday.

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Northern Minnesota will be much drier than southern Minnesota on Saturday. We have the weekend weather details, including who could see a Sunday shower.

Scattered rain, thunderstorms Saturday; shower chance Sunday in southern MN

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