Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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We’re leading charmed weather lives so far this November across most of Minnesota. 

We’ve seen some November snow in the southwestern and northeastern parts of our state, but only a few renegade snowflakes have flown around the Twin Cities and central Minnesota. 

Officially, a trace of snow has fallen this month at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The 30-year average snowfall for the Twin Cities in November is 6.8 inches.

My MPR colleague Mark Seeley told me Thursday that we’ve never had a snowless November in the Twin Cities.

 post from Mark about low snow years for November.

Another balmy air mass blows into Minnesota Friday. The upstream air mass is cranking out temperatures in the upper 70s in Nebraska Thursday afternoon. 

We’ll likely hit 70 degrees in southwestern Minnesota Friday afternoon with upper 60s easing into the Twin Cities. 

I won’t be shocked to see a bank thermometer or two flash 70 degrees in southwestern Twin Cities towns like Chaska and Excelsior around 3 p.m. Friday. The record high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for Friday is 71 degrees set in 1990.

A cooler front arrives Saturday. Temperatures will fall through the 50s Saturday on gusty northwest winds.

Sunday brings less wind and plenty of sunshine with highs closer to normal in the 30s north and 40s south.

The next couple weeks still slightly favor warmer-than-normal temperatures across our region. 

Forecast models are hinting at a possible rain and or snow system late next week in Minnesota. 

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Paul Huttner

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A balmy air mass will bring highs to near 70 degrees in southwestern Minnesota Friday afternoon.

Near-record warmth Friday; cooler again this weekend

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