Heavy snow and difficult travel expected again, heaviest snow in southern Minnesota

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Our well-advertised taste of summer in September is blowing into Minnesota as we approach the upcoming weekend. 

Minnesota rides the northern edge of a summery, even tropical air mass to the south. Temperatures reached 80 degrees in much of southwestern Minnesota Thursday afternoon.

This weekend looks unseasonably warm and mainly dry across most of our region. One exception is northern into central Minnesota, where a batch of scattered rain and thunder will cross overnight into Friday.

On the map below, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km model shows the precipitation trend between 10 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday.

The weekend looks mostly dry with the best chance of a scattered thunderstorm late Sunday night into Monday.

It’s another night of thick fog across northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. A dense fog advisory has been issued once again.

The warmest part of our inbound air mass arrives Friday through the upcoming weekend. Friday features temperatures into the 80s once again.

Saturday looks even warmer with highs near 90 in the south.

Sunday looks like another beautiful summery day with highs again well into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees in the south. Cooler near your favorite Great Lake.

The normal high and low temperatures this weekend for the Twin Cities are 74 and 56.

Right now, it looks like the warmth will linger well into next week.

Forecast models suggest a better chance for scattered rain and thunder as next week evolves.

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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Paul Huttner

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