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Frosty Friday morning to 80 degrees on Mother’s Day

Big warm up on the way this weekend.

Forecast high temperatures Sunday
Forecast high temperatures Sunday.
NOAA

Welcome to Minnesota. The Land of 10,000 Weather Whiplashes is ready to deliver another extreme temperature swing in the next few days.

We start with a frigid morning Friday. Temperatures will drop into the 30s across much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Scattered frost could nip the far northeast Twin Cities exurbs like Forest Lake and North Branch.

Forecast low temperatures Friday morning
Forecast low temperatures Friday morning.
NOAA

Frost advisories and freeze warnings cover much of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin Friday morning.

Frost and freeze advisories
Frost and freeze advisories.
Twin Cities National Weather Service

Here a look at northeast Minnesota.

Frost and freeze advisories 4
Frost and freeze advisories.
Duluth National Weather Service

Spotty storms Friday

Another cold front sweeps southeast across eastern Minnesota Friday. That will be enough to trigger a few spotty showers and thunderstorms. NOAA’s NAM 3 km model shows scattered cells drifting southeast along the front Friday afternoon.

NOAA NAM 3 km model
NOAA NAM 3 km model Friday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
NOAA via tropical tidbits

A few of the cells could get feisty with some hail and high wind potential NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center paints a marginal severe risk across eastern Minnesota Friday.

Warmer weekend

The fishing opener and Mother’s Day weekend looks very nice. Other than an isolated storm chance Sunday, sunshine and warmer temperatures dominate.

Forecast high temperatures Saturday
Forecast high temperatures Saturday.
NOAA

Mother’s Day brings the warmest day. Highs will push into the 80s in the south, with plenty of 70s up north.

Forecast high temperatures Sunday
Forecast high temperatures Sunday.
NOAA

Northern Lights chance

A solar storm blasted multiple coronal mass ejections (CME) earthward this week.

Solar storm
Solar storm.
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) — a division of the National Weather Service — is monitoring the sun following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that began on May 8. Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10. Additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend.

A large sunspot cluster has produced several moderate to strong solar flares since Wednesday at 5:00 am ET. At least five flares were associated with CMEs that appear to be Earth-directed. SWPC forecasters will monitor NOAA and NASA’s space assets for the onset of a geomagnetic storm.

Keep an eye out for possible northern lights, especially Friday night!