Cooler but still well above normal this week

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A strong low pressure system that’s centered just north of Lake Superior will move slowly to the east-southeast on Saturday.

Winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph are expected over much of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin Saturday into Saturday evening.

Vegetation is dry in many areas, so any fires that develop could spread rapidly today. A red flag warning covers much of central and southern Minnesota from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Saturday:

The red flag warning includes most of the Twin Cities metro area.

Here are details of the red flag warning:

Some counties that aren’t included in the red flag warning, including Anoka County and Washington County, do have an elevated fire risk today:

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

Some areas of snow showers are expected in north-central and northeastern Minnesota plus northwestern Wisconsin Saturday and Saturday evening. Accumulations are expected to be fairly light in locations that do see some flakes:

Heavier lake-effect snow will hit parts of north-central Wisconsin and the upper penninsula of Michigan.

Gale warnings are posted for Lake Superior Saturday and Saturday night.

Many locations in Minnesota have already seen their Saturday high temp. The Twin Cities high for today was 51 degrees at 2 a.m., when most of us were sleeping. The afternoon high temp in the Twin Cities is expected to be in the mid 40s.

Most of the northern third of Minnesota will have temps in the 30s Saturday afternoon, with 40s in central and southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

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

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 strong winds today, and any fires that develop could spread rapidly. We have details on the red flag warning that covers much of central and southern Minnesota.

Windy Saturday, with a red flag warning from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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