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A bright Sunday, cloud and sun mix Monday

Mild temperatures

Those strong, gusty winds of yesterday have been replaced by reasonable breezes today.

The low pressure system that was centered northeast of Lake Superior Saturday afternoon continues to move eastward, headed toward the eastern portion of the Great Lakes.

Northeastern Minnesota is still a bit breezy this morning, but those winds will ease up by afternoon.

Plenty of sunshine

Most of Minnesota will have plenty of sunshine today. Northeastern Minnesota has cloud cover Sunday morning, but those clouds should thin out and shift eastward Sunday afternoon.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential cloud pattern from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday:

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Simulated cloud pattern noon to 6 p.m. Sunday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

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

Mild temps

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 30 degrees on Feb. 18. Much of the Twin Cities metro area will see Sunday afternoon highs in the mid 30s.

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have high temps in the 30s Sunday afternoon:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

There will be some 20s in far northern Minnesota.

Monday high temps will be in the 30s in most areas, with lower 40s in far southern Minnesota.

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Monday forecast highs
National Weather Service

A low pressure system moves into Minnesota on Monday, bringing us some clouds. There will also be some peeks of sun at times.

Update

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:40 a.m. today. It’ll include a look at the rest of the week.

Programming note

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.