Cooler, more fall-like days ahead
Increasing sunshine on the way
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More seasonable air and dew points have settled back in across the region. It’ll be a good 10 to 15 degrees cooler on Thursday. We’ll also see a nice dose of sunshine ahead over the next several days.
Cooler, more fall-like days ahead along with sunshine
We’ve been in a pretty dreary pattern lately with cloud cover definitely dominating peeks of sunshine. Finally, we should see abundant sunshine develop today, by afternoon, and overall the next several days.
Morning cloud cover will decrease leaving just some high clouds today and brighter skies Friday and for the weekend.
Cooler, drier and much more seasonable air is also back today and sticking around a while. Afternoon highs today will range from the mid 60s south to the upper 50s north, much closer to normal and a full 10 to even 15 degrees cooler than Wednesday’s temperatures, which felt more like late August.
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Clear skies and cool, dry air will set us up for a chilly overnight. Overnight lows will be near freezing on the Iron Range with some spots slipping into the upper 20s.
Farther south, we’ll see lows in the 40s. The Twin Cities may slip officially below 50 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Friday will be mostly sunny and beautiful. Highs will be in the low 60s to upper 50s once again with light winds.
The weekend will be more of the same. We can expect more in the way of seasonable temperatures with highs in the 60s and 50s with overnights in the 40s and 30s.
Clouds will increase Saturday as another cool front touches off perhaps a late day shower or two. Sunday will be mostly sunny once again.
For Twin Cities marathoners, the weather looks nearly perfect. Temperatures will start near 50 degrees and end in the low 60s. Skies will be mostly clear. Winds will be from the northwest at 5 to 12 mph.
Don’t count out summerlike warmth just yet. Many forecast models have temperatures trending back upward next week.
European and American models both forecast highs near 80 degrees by the weekend of Oct. 10-11.
