Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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Showers will linger Monday with the most activity in northern Minnesota. Tuesday will be brighter west. Sunshine and much warmer air moves in for Wednesday.

Clouds and showers Monday into Tuesday, then much warmer 

Look for more scattered rain showers Monday. The most numerous showers will be north with more widely scattered showers in southern Minnesota. Expect mostly cloudy conditions statewide. Showers will linger some into Tuesday, especially north. 

The winds will continue Monday, too, but we’ll get a morning break as the low center passes overhead, moving north. The winds will then increase again (think: eye of a hurricane). 

Tuesday will see sun return to western Minnesota. More sunshine will appear statewide Wednesday along with warmer temperatures. Highs will be well into the 60s for much of the state.

An upper level disturbance and cool front passes through Wednesday into Thursday touching off a few spotty showers. The weekend is looking warmer with lots of sun at this point. 

Unfortunately, skies look mostly cloudy across the state for the partial eclipse. Farther south, in the path of totality, the weather looks best in Missouri, Illinois and western Indiana.

In the Twin Cities, 74 percent of the sun will be obscured, reaching a maximum at 2:02 p.m.

I am in Indiana, in the path of totality where we’re expecting mostly clear skies through some scattered high, cirrus clouds. Totality here will last from 2:04 until 2:07 p.m.

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Showers will linger Monday with the most activity in northern Minnesota. Tuesday will be brighter west. Sunshine and much warmer air moves in for Wednesday. 

Showers will linger Monday with the most activity in northern Minnesota. Tuesday will be brighter west. Sunshine and much warmer air moves in for Wednesday. Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard is in Indiana, in the path of totality where we’re expecting mostly clear skies.

Clouds and showers for the partial eclipse in Minnesota

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