Winter storm warnings include northeast Twin Cities

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Welcome to Minnesota. The Land of 10,000 Weather Whiplashes is ready to deliver another extreme temperature swing in the next few days.

We start with a frigid morning Friday. Temperatures will drop into the 30s across much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Scattered frost could nip the far northeast Twin Cities exurbs like Forest Lake and North Branch. 

Frost advisories and freeze warnings cover much of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin Friday morning. 

Another cold front sweeps southeast across eastern Minnesota Friday. That will be enough to trigger a few spotty showers and thunderstorms. NOAA’s NAM 3 km model shows scattered cells drifting southeast along the front Friday afternoon. 

A few of the cells could get feisty with some hail and high wind potential NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center paints a marginal severe risk across eastern Minnesota Friday. 

The fishing opener and Mother’s Day weekend looks very nice. Other than an isolated storm chance Sunday, sunshine and warmer temperatures dominate. 

Mother’s Day brings the warmest day. Highs will push into the 80s in the south, with plenty of 70s up north.

A solar storm blasted multiple coronal mass ejections (CME) earthward this week. 

Keep an eye out for possible northern lights, especially Friday night!

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Paul Huttner

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A frosty night across northeast Minnesota. Temperatures could reach 80 degrees in the Twin Cities on Sunday.

Frosty Friday morning to 80 degrees on Mother’s Day

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