Weekend weather: Scattered rain Saturday; dry, cooler Sunday

Breezy on Sunday

Twin Cities metro area highs are expected to be slightly above 80 degrees on Saturday, slightly higher than the 78-degree average for June 10. There will also be some lower 80s in south-central and southeastern Minnesota plus west-central Wisconsin, with mainly 70s elsewhere:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Cooler 60s are expected near Lake Superior.

Saturday afternoon dew points will be in the summery upper 50s to lower 60s in central and southern Minnesota, with lower dew points and drier air in northern Minnesota:

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Saturday 1 p.m. forecast dew points
National Weather Service

Sunday high temps will be mainly in the 70s:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Highs in the 60s are expected near Lake Superior. It’ll be breezy on Sunday.

Sunday afternoon dew points will be mainly in the 40s:

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Sunday 1 p.m. forecast dew points
National Weather Service

Rain chances on Saturday

A cool front drops slowly down from Canada late Friday night through Saturday. It’s expected to initiate some scattered showers and thunderstorms in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

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. Saturday:

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Simulated radar from 4 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Saturday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

Pay more attention to the scattered nature of the rain than the exact location of the rain at any point in time.

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

Programming note

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