Cold, windy and occasionally wet Tuesday

It’ll be a raw day Tuesday with gusty northwest winds, occasional showers, and temps remaining in the 40s. Tuesday night will be frosty for western Minnesota.

Cold, windy with scattered showers Tuesday 

The blustery northwest winds on the way Tuesday have prompted wind advisories for much of central and southern Minnesota through the day. We’ll have sustained wind speeds of 15 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 40 to 50 mph in some areas.

To make it feel particularly unpleasant, we’ll occasionally have some scattered rain showers in addition to the high winds and cold. Portions of northern Minnesota will see showers mix with snow flakes occasionally Tuesday through early Wednesday. 

Don’t look for much movement in today’s temperatures. We’ll be stuck in the 40s statewide with wind chills in the 30s. 

Tuesday night will be a cold night, especially in western Minnesota where we’ll see more clear breaks in the cloud deck. Lows will fall into the upper 20s there with mid to upper 30s east.

Wednesday should see slowly decreasing cloud cover with lingering sprinkles and flurries in northeastern Minnesota. Afternoon highs will be in the low to mid 50s south to 40s north and winds will be breezy but lighter at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday night will be cooler yet and so will Thursday night. We’ll see more widespread upper 20s to low 30s with even the Twin Cities dropping into the low to mid-30s.

We’ll have brighter skies most of the day Thursday and warmer temperatures by the end of the week with highs near 60 this weekend in southern Minnesota.

We’ll also see a clipper-type system swing through Friday into Saturday, touching off a few spotty showers for some.