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A stubborn deck of clouds and a few lingering showers will hang on across northern Minnesota Saturday as a slow-moving cold front continues to drift east. Farther south, skies will gradually brighten through the afternoon with increasing sunshine helping temperatures rebound ahead of a much warmer stretch heading into the second half of Memorial Day weekend.

Clouds and scattered showers will linger across northern Minnesota as a slow-moving low pressure system gradually pushes northeast through the Upper Midwest. 

The good news is that once this system moves out, we’re in for a pretty nice stretch of weather for the rest of the Memorial Day weekend.

Clouds lingering across northern Minnesota will keep temperatures cooler, with highs in the low 60s, while areas farther south will see increasing sunshine and temperatures warming into the low 70s this afternoon.

A few pop-up afternoon showers are possible across central and northern Minnesota Saturday, but they’ll be isolated and brief, nothing that should get in the way of any holiday weekend plans.

Temperatures will start climbing Sunday as southerly winds return to the Upper Midwest. Afternoon highs will jump into the 80s Sunday, with many locations warming into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees by Memorial Day and Tuesday.

Moisture will also start building back in as air from the Gulf pushes north, with dew points rising into the 50s and 60s and a more humid feel returning.

Rain opportunities look few and far between for much of the upcoming week. The best chance for scattered showers or thunderstorms appears to arrive Sunday night into Memorial Day, mainly from southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Mandy Thalhuber

Author

Lingering clouds and spotty showers will keep northern Minnesota cooler Saturday before sunshine and rising temperatures return, kicking off a warmer Memorial Day weekend.

National Weather Service

NOAA via Weather Prediction Center

Forecast precipitation Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Warm-up on the way after spotty Saturday showers

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