Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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With 85 percent of Minnesota in drought, we could really use some rain.

An upper-level disturbance is expected to spread patches of rain across Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin Saturday and Saturday evening. There could also be a few scattered thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from 5 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Saturday:

 (FV3) forecast model shows the following rain pattern for that same time period:

The Twin Cities metro area could see scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm anytime from Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening. 

Sunday looks dry in most areas, but an isolated shower will be possible from eastern Minnesota into Wisconsin.

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

MPR News display of National Weather Service radar

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 76 degrees on Sept. 9. Metro area highs will be close to 80 degrees on Saturday.

Much of Minnesota will have Saturday highs in the 70s:

There will be some 60s in north-central and northeastern Minnesota.

Sunday highs will be in the lower 70s in many areas, but 60s are expected from far northern Minnesota into northwestern Wisconsin:

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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Some of us will see a few minutes of rain on Saturday, then Sunday looks dry in most areas. We have your weekend weather details.

Weekend weather: Saturday shower chance, cooler Sunday

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