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The average Twin Cities high temperature is 80 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs are forecast to reach the 90s Saturday afternoon.

Much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have Saturday highs in the 90s, with some 80s in north-central and northeastern Minnesota. Dew points are forecast to reach the steamy 70s Saturday afternoon in parts of central and southern Minnesota and in portions of west-central Wisconsin. 

The combination of moist air and hot temperatures will generate heat index values over 100 degrees in many locations Saturday afternoon/early Saturday evening.

Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories in many areas

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday from south-central Minnesota through the Twin Cities metro area and into several adjacent counties: 

A heat advisory (orange) covers many additional counties from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Here are details of the excessive heat warning:

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

You can check these National Weather Service sites for updated weather info: 

A cool front gradually slides through Minnesota Saturday evening and overnight. Sunday highs will be in the 70s in northern Minnesota, with mainly 80s elsewhere:

Monday highs will be in the 90s in far southern Minnesota, with 70s in the far north:

A few spots in the Twin Cities metro area could touch 90 degrees Monday afternoon.

Metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 90s on Tuesday, followed by upper 90s Wednesday then mid 90s Thursday and upper 80s on Friday.

Saturday and most of Sunday will be rain-free in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A few scattered showers are possible in northern Minnesota Sunday afternoon.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 7 a.m. Sunday to 9 p.m. Sunday:

Hurricane Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane, with max sustained winds 125 mph. Hilary is headed toward the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico, and is expected to be a tropical storm when its center moves over far southern California late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.

Here’s the forecast track, plus the cone of uncertainty, for the center of Hurricane Hilary:

Here are potential rain totals for this weekend and into the start of next week:

Rain totals between 4 inches and 6 inches are forecast for portions of southern California and southern Nevada, with isolated amounts as high as 10 inches.

This is the Saturday morning update on Hilary, from the 

The National Hurricane Center will issue updates on Hilary every three hours or so.

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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Temperatures and dew points will ramp up Saturday afternoon. We have the updated excessive heat warning, plus a look at Sunday and the week ahead.

Excessive heat warning 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; cooler Sunday

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