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Portions of northern Minnesota are still in drought, so today’s rain is welcome, even if it interferes with some outdoor plans.

Rain coverage will expand to include much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Sunday afternoon, then continue into Sunday evening. There will be some breaks in the rain at times, and far northern Minnesota may see their rain begin later in the afternoon.

There is also a chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 7 p.m. Sunday to noon on Monday:

NOAA’s Finite Volume Cubed Sphere (FV3) model shows a similar precipitation pattern:

Colder air wraps into the circulation later Sunday night, creating a wintry mix in parts of northern Minnesota. that wintry mix will continue in parts of northern Minnesota through much of Monday morning.

A winter weather advisory (blue) runs from 1 a.m. Monday to 1 p.m. Monday in a portion of northeastern Minnesota:

Here are details of the winter weather advisory:

A wind advisory runs from 4 p.m. Sunday to 10 a.m. Monday in Carlton County and far southern St. Louis County, and from 4 p.m. Sunday to 4 p.m. Monday in areas of Lake County and Cook County along and near the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Here are details of the wind advisory which includes Duluth:

There’s a gale warning posted for Lake Superior that begins at 1 p.m. Sunday and continues to 4 p.m. Monday.

The updated severe weather outlook from the NWS Storm Prediction Center shows that some non-severe thunderstorms are possible in Minnesota and western Wisconsin Sunday afternoon and evening:

Here are the severe weather risk categories that are used by the NWS Storm Prediction Center:

Updated forecast information will be posted by the National Weather Service offices in the 

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 62 degrees on April 28. Metro area highs will be closer to 50 degrees Sunday afternoon.

Many areas will have Sunday highs in the 40s, with some 50s in far northwestern Minnesota and in parts of the far south.

Monday highs will be in the 40s in many areas, with 50s in far southern Minnesota:

Some spots in the metro area could touch 50 degrees Monday afternoon.

Tuesday will be the warmest day of the coming week, with highs in the 70s in the metro area plus southern Minnesota, with 60s and 50s to the north:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 60s Wednesday, followed by mid 60s Thursday then upper 50s Friday.

Peak wind gusts of 30 mph or higher have been reported at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on 24 of 27 days this April.

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.  

Ron Trenda

Author

We have an update on our Sunday rain and thunder outlook, plus a look at the week ahead.

Periods of rain Sunday & Sun. evening; wintry mix far northern Minn. later tonight

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