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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

Sunday warmth southern MN, snow northeast

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Winds will be much lower today across Minnesota.

Saturday morning winds gusted to 55 mph at Rochester, 53 mph at Litchfield and 52 mph at Holman Field in St Paul. The peak gust recorded at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 49 mph, at 459 am Saturday. An extensive list of Minnesota wind gusts can be found at Gusts .

Snow northeastern MN

Periods of snow are expected today across northcentral and northeastern Minnesota. The area northeast of Two Harbors should see the most snow, especially the higher elevations along the north shore of Lake Superior. Here is a graphical summary from the Duluth office of the National Weather Service:

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NWS Duluth

A winter weather advisory is in effect today for portions of northeastern Minnesota.

Warmth central and south

Our Sunday high temps will approach 70 degrees in southwestern Minnesota:

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NWS Twin Cities

The Twin Cities should see upper 50s, with a shot at 60 in the southwestern part of the metro area this afternoon. There will be a range of about 40 degrees between high temps in far southwestern Minnesota and northeastern Minnesota!

Wet Tuesday and Wednesday

The next low pressure system spreads another batch of  precipitation over Minnesota on Tuesday:

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NOAA

It could begin as a rain/snow mix early Tuesday.

Cool Monday through Friday

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NOAA Global Forecast System data, via Weatherspark

Twin Cities temps will run a bit below normal this week, but they rebound on Saturday. One forecast model shows highs poking into the 60s on Saturday. That would be good timing!

We are expecting some rain at times on Tuesday and Wednesday, and we might see a few wet flakes early Tuesday and late Wednesday.

Months of warm weather

March 2016 was the fifth warmest March in Twin Cities history, based on weather records that go back to 1873.  Our warmest March was just four years ago.

Starting in September 2015, every month has been warmer than normal in the Twin Cities. Here is the list, along with departure from normal for each month:

September 2015    +5.9 degrees

October 2015         +3.2

November 2015     +7.6

December 2015    +10.5

January 2016         +2.0

February 2016       +4.0

March 2016            +8.5

We'll see if the streak continues in April.

I hope that you enjoy your Sunday!