A bright Sunday; shower chance Monday afternoon

Milder temps today and Monday

It was a chilly start to our Sunday.

The morning low temperatures were in the upper 20s to lower 30s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A few spots in northwestern Minnesota dipped into the lower 20s.

Temperatures will recover nicely Sunday afternoon, with highs around 60 to the lower 60s in much of the southern half of Minnesota and in the Red River Valley of northwestern Minnesota:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Highs in the 50s are expected elsewhere in Minnesota and in western Wisconsin.

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Low temperatures late Sunday night into early Monday morning will be mainly in the 30s:

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Forecast lows late Sunday night/early Monday morning
National Weather Service

Monday highs reach the 60s in most areas:

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Monday forecast highs
National Weather Service

A few spots in southwestern Minnesota could touch 70 degrees Monday afternoon.

Dry Sunday, rain chance returns Monday

Sunday and Sunday night look dry in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A chance of scattered showers arrives Monday afternoon and that shower chance continues into Monday evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Sunday to 11 p.m. Monday:

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Simulated radar from noon Sunday to 11 p.m. Monday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

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

Update

A new Updraft will be posted at 11 a.m. today. It will include a look at the week ahead.

Programming note

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