Minnesota weather whiplash: Freezing this week. 90 next week?

Wide temperature swings ahead.

Here we go again Minnesota. Get ready for some huge temperature swings across the state in the next 10 days.

Freezing first

The colder air mass sweeping into Minnesota brings freezing temperatures to northern Minnesota once again Thursday morning.

Forecast minimum temps Thursday
Forecast minimum temps Thursday morning
NOAA

Freeze warnings and frost advisories are up once again into Thursday morning.

Frost and freeze advisories
Frost and freeze advisories
Duluth National Weather Service

Including the cities of International Falls, Ely, Isabella, Bigfork, Hibbing, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Grand Marais, Walker, Grand Rapids, Hill City, and Aitkin

107 PM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 expected, coldest across the Iron Range.

* WHERE...Most of north central and northeast Minnesota.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Milder this weekend

Temperature moderate this weekend. High reach the 70s once again across most of Minnesota by Sunday.

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Forecast high temperatures Sunday
Forecast high temperatures Sunday
NOAA

Summerlike pattern returns next week

Next week’s weather maps look more August than late September. The jest stream lifts north into southern Canada. That opens the door for unseasonably warm air to filter into Minnesota once again.

Upper air forecast map for 7 pm September 25
Upper air forecast map for 7 pm September 25
NOAA

NOAA’s GFS model cranks out a string of summerlike temperatures next week into the last week of September.

NOAA GFS model 16-day temperature outlook for Twin Cities
NOAA GFS model 16-day temperature outlook for Twin Cities
NOAA via Meteostar

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s eight- to 14-day temperature outlook strongly favors higher than average temperatures through late September.

NOAA 8 to 14-day temperature outlook
NOAA 8 to 14-day temperature outlook
NOAA

Stay tuned.