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Cooler and windy with lingering spotty showers Wednesday

Much cooler air persists through the weekend

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Forecast 24 hour change in temperature from Tuesday to Wednesday afternoon
WeatherBELL Analytics

Much cooler air has settled into the state. The cooler-than-normal temperatures persist into the weekend. We’ll see some lingering spotty showers Wednesday with more showers late Thursday. 

Cooler, windy Wednesday with lingering shower chances 

Much cooler air has settled into the state Wednesday and will stick around through the weekend. Afternoon highs will range from just the low 50s near the international border to the low to mid-60s in southern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Wednesday
National Weather Service

It will be windy as well with northwest winds 10-20 mph.

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Forecast winds Wednesday
College of DuPage Weather

We’ll have lingering spotty showers, especially across central and northern Minnesota, midday Wednesday into the afternoon. While severe weather isn’t expected, mid-levels of the atmosphere will be cold enough that a few isolated showers could produce small hail. Any left over sprinkles could be in the form of a few snow flakes for far northeast Minnesota early Thursday morning.

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Forecast simulated radar 8 a.m. through 9 p.m. Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Wednesday night will bring our coldest temperatures yet with widespread frost in northern Minnesota and our first 40s in the Twin Cities, at least officially.

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Forecast lows Wednesday night
National Weather Service

High temperatures on Thursday will continue to be cool with increasing clouds again. Highs will range from the 60s south to the low 50s north.

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Forecast highs Thursday
National Weather Service

More rain develops Thursday afternoon into Thursday night as a clipper system brings another round of moisture and drags in more cool air with it for Friday and the weekend. There’s a slight chance of seeing some snow flakes in the inland areas of the Arrowhead region late Thursday night into early Friday.

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Forecast precipitation 7 a.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Friday
NOAA via pivotal weather

The cool air sticks around through the weekend but it will be sunnier. Highs next week return to the 70s for central and southern Minnesota, back toward seasonable levels. 

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Forecast highs by Monday
National Weather Service