Weekend weather: Dry; mildest temps will be on Sunday
Breezy in western Minnesota Sunday
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Anyone looking for a big March snowstorm will have to be patient. Our weekend weather looks dry, with warmer than normal temps.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday:
All the precipitation stays off to the east this weekend, leaving Minnesota and western Wisconsin dry.
Weekend temps and winds
The average Twin Cities high temperature is 38 degrees on March 9. Twin Cities metro area highs will be in the mid 40s this Saturday.
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Highs in the 40s are expected across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, with 30s in far northern Minnesota:
It’ll be a bit breezy in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, with gusts of 15 to 20 mph:
Sunday highs will be in the 50s in southern and west-central Minnesota, with mainly 40s elsewhere:
Twin Cities metro area highs are expected to reach the lower 50s this Sunday.
Wind gusts of 15-22 mph are possible in western Minnesota Sunday afternoon:
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network.
Spring ahead
Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday. If you have any watches or clocks that don’t automatically adjust, you might want to turn them ahead one hour before you go to sleep Saturday night. Twin Cities sunset will be at 7:13 p.m. this Sunday.
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.