Cooler but still well above normal this week

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Pesky clouds stayed over most of Minnesota on Saturday, with holes in that cloud cover opening up from time to time.

Some patchy light snow showers are possible Saturday evening in northwestern Minnesota. That chance of light snow showers expands to include much of the northern third of Minnesota overnight Saturday night. Parts of central Minnesota could see a passing flurry overnight.

Patchy light snow showers are possible in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin Sunday morning, then another chance of light snow moves into northern Minnesota Sunday evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 8 a.m. Sunday to 10 p.m. Sunday:

NOAA’s High Resolution Rapid-Refresh (HRRR) model shows more limited snow coverage during that time period:

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Much of the southern half of Minnesota had Saturday highs in the 30s, with mainly 20s to the north. The Saturday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 33 degrees. The average Twin Cities high temp is 27 degrees this time of year.

Sunday highs will be in the 30s in many areas, with 20s in far northern Minnesota and some lower 40s to the southwest:

Twin Cities metro area highs are expected to reach the upper 30s to around 40, depending on how many breaks develop in the cloud cover Sunday afternoon.

Monday highs will be mainly in the 30s, with some upper 20s in far northern Minnesota:

Some spots in the metro area and southern Minnesota could touch 40.

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 40s on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by mid 30s Thursday then upper 20s on Friday. 

High temps in the metro area are expected to be in the upper 20s to lower 30s next weekend. Temperatures may be near-normal into the start of the following week, according to the Feb. 16 through Feb. 20 temperature outlook from the NWS Climate Prediction Center:

The highest Feb. 10 snowfall total in Twin Cities weather records was 5.9 inches, in 2019. February 2019 ended up being the snowiest February in Twin Cities weather records, with 39 inches of snow!

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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No big temperature swings are expected the next few days. Some spots could see a few flakes Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Quiet Sunday weather in most areas; above-normal temps linger for a few days

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