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Cool, windy Tuesday with a few showers

Brighter Wednesday and warmer late week

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Forecast temperature anomalies (departure from normal) Tuesday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via WeatherBELL Analytics

We’ll see cooler-than-normal temperatures Tuesday behind the system of the last two days. It’ll also be windy with some lingering showers. Brighter and warmer conditions will return.

Cool, windy with some lingering showers Tuesday before late-week warmup

There will be some lingering instability with cool air aloft, allowing for some potential pop-up showers to develop Tuesday afternoon, especially in northern and western Minnesota.

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Forecast precipitation 8 a.m. through 9 p.m. Tuesday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

We’ll see lots of clouds in addition to much cooler air moving in. Tuesday afternoon highs will only be in the 50s and 40s across the state. Those readings are about 10 to 20 degrees cooler than normal.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

Northwest winds at 10 to 20 mph will make it feel even chillier through the day Tuesday as an early April-like air mass moves in.

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Forecast winds 8 a.m. through 6 p.m. Tuesday
College of DuPage weather lab

The cool day will set us up for a chilly overnight. Northern Minnesota will be frosty with lows falling into the low 30s while southern Minnesota will see temps dip into the upper 30s and low 40s.

There is a frost advisory Tuesday night for southwestern Minnesota, including Worthington and Marshall.

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Forecast lows Tuesday night
National Weather Service

Clouds should break up more for Wednesday and Thursday as high pressure sets into the region. That will also help us to warm up some as well.

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Forecast cloud cover 1 p.m. Tuesday through 7 p.m. Wednesday
College of DuPage weather lab

Wednesday will be warmer thanks to some sunshine, but still a little below normal. Normal highs now are around 70 degrees in southern Minnesota. Highs will be in the 60s for most on Wednesday and Thursday with cooler pockets in northeastern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Wednesday
National Weather Service

Temperatures will warm again in time for the holiday weekend with 70s and even 80s possible by the end of the weekend.

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Twin Cities area forecast
NOAA, via WeatherBell Analytics

It will be somewhat unsettled though this weekend with the next best chance of showers and thunder chances Friday night into Saturday morning. Chances look more isolated Sunday and Monday.

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Forecast precipitation 7 a.m. Friday through 7 p.m. Monday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts via Pivotal Weather