Quiet weekend weather; mildest temps on Sunday

This feels like March.

Our temperatures will be fairly close to normal today, then a bit warmer on Sunday.

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 lower 40s this Saturday.

Highs in the lower 40s are expected across much of the southern half of Minnesota plus west-central Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, with 30s in northern Minnesota:

It’ll be a bit breezy in southern and eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin today, with wind gusts of 15 to 20 mph:

A few spots could see wind gusts over 20 mph at times.

Sunday highs will be in the 50s in much of the southern half of Minnesota and in the Red River Valley of northwestern Minnesota, with mainly 40s elsewhere in Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin:

An approaching low-pressure system could bring wind gusts of 15-22 mph to western Minnesota Sunday afternoon:

Wind gusts of 25 mph or higher are possible in far northwestern Minnesota Sunday afternoon.

Dry weekend

We aren’t expecting any snow or rain in Minnesota or western Wisconsin this weekend.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 11 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday:

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. The Sunday sunset time in the Twin Cities will be at 7:13 p.m.

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.