Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Many of us saw soaking rains Friday morning, and additional periods of rain and embedded thunderstorms are on the way for Friday evening and overnight into Saturday.

The evening update from the Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service shows a marginal risk of severe weather (darker green) Friday evening and overnight from southwestern Minnesota through central Minnesota, the Twin Cities metro area and on up to Brainerd, Hinckley, Duluth and far northwestern Wisconsin:

Marginal risk means that an isolated severe thunderstorm is possible. Some spots could see scattered severe storms.

A flood watch runs from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday from Pine County up to southern St. Louis County and into the portion of Lake County that’s closest to Lake Superior, as well as in Douglas County of northwestern Wisconsin:

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

MPR News display of National Weather Service radar

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

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 67 degrees on Sept. 30. Some spots in the metro area will reach the lower 80s Saturday afternoon.

Much of southern Minnesota will see highs in the lower 80s on Saturday, with 70s in central and northwestern Minnesota:

60s are on tap for north-central and northeastern Minnesota.

Saturday dew points will be in the sticky 60s in central and southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have dew points in the 60s on Sunday.

Sunday afternoon highs reach the 80s in most areas, with 70s in north-central Minnesota and much of northeastern Minnesota:

There will be some 60s up along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 80s on Monday and Tuesday, followed by lower 70s Wednesday then upper 60s Thursday and lower 60s on Friday. 

The metro area will have a chance of rain Tuesday night, Wednesday and Friday.

Fall colors are popping in much of Minnesota. I saw pockets of brilliant fall color in parts of the Twin Cities metro area the past few days, but many metro area trees are still green.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 

 for Minnesota State Parks and Trails looks like this:

The changeover to fall colors is highest in the northern half of Minnesota, but parts of west-central Minnesota are also seeing plenty of fall color.

When you look at the fall color map, keep in mind that all deciduous trees are included. Maples can sometimes be peaking in an area when the overall changeover to fall color is 50 percent or less.

The Wisconsin fall color report can be found 

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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