Minnesota is heading into a picture-perfect fall weekend for getting outside and enjoying the changing leaves. With temperatures expected to climb into the 80s on Saturday and remain unusually warm on Sunday. We’ll see cooler weather return next week.
Saturday will bring low relative humidity, near-record high temperatures, lots of high winds and a heightened wildfire risk to parts of Minnesota. An air quality alert has been issued for wind-blown dust across southwestern and west-central Minnesota.
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday.
Temperatures ramp up Friday with 70s across much of central and southern Minnesota by afternoon. Highs will be in the 80s Saturday and Sunday before cooling off.
After a cooler and breezier start to the week, a dramatic warm-up is on the way. Temperatures will climb into the 70s Friday before surging into the 80s this weekend, bringing a very summerlike feel to the region for early October.
Thursday will be closer to normal with highs mostly in the 60s, but temperatures warm up Friday and especially for the weekend. Much cooler air returns next week.
Wednesday will be cooler but still nearly 10 degrees above normal. Look for sunshine and breezy, dry conditions. Highs in the 80s move into southern Minnesota for Saturday.
We are warmer — noticeably so — on Tuesday. A quick cooler and sunny trend is here towards the end of the workweek. We are much, much warmer for the coming weekend. Much of Minnesota will be totally dry for the next week or longer. There are some potent rainmakers next week that also deliver colder air.
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