Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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You can give the AC a rest in Minnesota for most of this week. And the Doppler. A cooler and less humid air mass is starting to blow into Minnesota from Canada. 

Dew points are already in the 50s in far northern Minnesota. Northwest breezes will scour out the tropical humidity across all of Minnesota by Tuesday. 

On the map below, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km model loop shows the dew point forecast through Tuesday night.  Dew point will fall into the 50s south and even 40s north by Tuesday night.

We finally eked out the first 90-degree temperature of 2024 in the Twin Cities Sunday afternoon. Highs this week will fall into the 70s on Tuesday:

Strong July sunshine will gradually warm our air mass over Minnesota this week. We’ll see the return of some lower 80s late this week through the upcoming weekend:

A couple of isolated showers may linger on Tuesday, but the bulk of this week looks mainly dry for most of Minnesota. 

A few models try and bring thunderstorms into southwest Minnesota by Friday. NOAA’s Global Forecast System model shows drier cooler high pressure settling in from Canada this week. The forecast model loop below runs into Friday. 

Enjoy our less humid air mass this week. 

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Paul Huttner

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The forecast models are finally blowing a cooler and less humid air mass into Minnesota. 

Cold front sweeps in lower dew points, cooler air starting Tuesday

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