Morning fog; warm Sunday afternoon
Dense fog advisory in some areas Sunday morning
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Updated at 10:15 a.m.
Light winds overnight allowed fog to develop over much of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. Some areas have freezing fog.
Fog lingers Sunday morning in many areas, and a dense fog advisory continues until noon Sunday in a wide swath of Minnesota, including the western portion of the Twin Cities metro area:
Here are details of the dense fog advisory:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 320 AM CST Sun Jan 28 2024 MNZ043>045-050>052-060-061-068-069-076-077-281800- /O.EXB.KMPX.FG.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-240128T1800Z/ Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Hennepin- Anoka-Carver-Scott-Le Sueur-Rice- Including the cities of Sauk Rapids, Blaine, Le Sueur, Mora, Elk River, Chaska, Cambridge, Faribault, Chanhassen, Princeton, Little Falls, Minneapolis, Victoria, and Shakopee 320 AM CST Sun Jan 28 2024 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, and south central Minnesota. * WHEN...Until noon CST today. * IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
A dense fog advisory expires at 10 a.m. Sunday in parts of northern Minnesota, including Bemidji and Brainerd:
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Updated forecast information will be posted by the National Weather Service offices in the Twin Cities, Duluth, La Crosse, Wis., Sioux Falls, S.D. and Grand Forks, N.D.
Any sun today?
Western Minnesota will have plenty of sunshine today, after the morning fog burns off. Portions of eastern Minnesota will see some breaks develop in the cloud cover during the afternoon hours.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential cloud coverage from 8 a.m. Sunday to 5 p.m. Sunday:
Unusually warm
The average Twin Cities high temperature is 24 degrees on Jan. 28. Some spots in the metro area will touch 40 degrees Sunday afternoon.
Sunday high temperatures will be mainly in the 30s, but several locations in southwestern and west-central Minnesota will reach the 40s:
Update
A new Updraft will be posted around 10:40 this morning. It’ll include a look at the week ahead.
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