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Pesky clouds will stay with us much of today. Southern and west-central Minnesota have the best chance of showers Sunday morning, then the rain coverage expands northward Sunday afternoon, with rain in many areas Sunday evening. There is also a chance of thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High Resolution Rapid Refresh forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday:

Colder air wraps into the circulation later Sunday night, creating a wintry mix in parts of northern Minnesota.

A winter weather advisory (blue) runs from 1 a.m. Monday 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 for areas of Lake County and Cook County along and near the North Shore of Lake Superior.

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 removes the marginal risk of severe weather from Minnesota Sunday and Sunday night:

A few non-severe thunderstorms are possible in Minnesota and western Wisconsin later this afternoon and Sunday evening.

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

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

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:

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:40 a.m. today. It’ll include a look at the week ahead.

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’ll have rain at times Sunday and Sunday evening. Some locations could see a thunderstorm.

Rain at times Sunday; wintry mix late Sun. night in northeastern Minn.

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