Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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I’ll get to the pleasant weekend in a moment after a quick update on the heat that lingers Thursday afternoon in parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

The National Weather Service continues an excessive heat warning for far southern Minnesota until 7 p.m. A heat advisory continues until 7 p.m. in the Twin Cities metro area and in several counties to the west of the metro area plus west-central Wisconsin:

Here are details of the excessive heat warning in far southern Minnesota:

Here are details of the heat advisory that includes the Twin Cities metro area:

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

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 79 degrees on Aug. 26. Metro area highs will be in the upper 70s this Saturday.

Most of Minnesota will have Saturday highs in the 70s, with 60s in parts of northeastern Minnesota and far northwestern Wisconsin:

Saturday afternoon dew points will be reasonable for late summer; in the upper 50s to around 60:

Drier dew points, in the lower 50s, are expected to the northeast.

Sunday high temperatures will be in the 80s in southern and central Minnesota, with mainly 70s to the north:

Far northeastern Minnesota will see some 60s.

Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the upper 50s to around 60 in many areas, with lower 50s in the far north: 

Rain chance starts in NW Minnesota Sunday afternoon

Much of the weekend will be rain-free. An upper-level disturbance could bring patchy showers to northwestern and north-central 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 7 p.m. Sunday:

That rain chance is expected to spread to the east and southeast Sunday evening. Check forecast updates.

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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Ron Trenda

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We’ll have comfortable weather this weekend. Parts of Minnesota could see some rain late Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening.

Weekend weather: Comfy temps; Sunday afternoon rain chance in NW Minnesota

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