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Breezy with decreasing clouds Thursday. Cooler Friday and Saturday

Friday night will be the coolest night since May for many

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Forecast cloud cover 8 a.m. through 9 p.m. Thursday
College of DuPage Weather

We’ll have some lingering clouds and showers early Thursday, but clouds will decrease in the wake of an incoming cold front. Cooler air arrives for Friday and Saturday. 

Decreasing clouds, breezy Thursday with chillier air Friday and Saturday 

Lingering showers and thunder will push east and south Thursday morning. Most of us will see decreasing clouds into Thursday afternoon. There could be a few ‘pop-up’ showers later in the afternoon and evening again.

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Forecast simulated radar 8 a.m. through 11 p.m. Thursday
College of DuPage Weather

Highs Thursday won’t be really cool just yet. Southern Minnesota will see afternoon highs in the 70s while northern Minnesota will see 60s. We’ll also have a northwest breeze at 10-15 mph. 

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Forecast highs Thursday
National Weather Service

An air quality alert continues for northwest Minnesota through Thursday morning.

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A reinforcing shot of cooler air moves in for Friday and Saturday. Highs Friday will be just in the 60s south and only the 50s in northeast Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Friday
National Weather Service

In addition, with lingering instabilty (cold air aloft), we’ll see a few spotty showers Friday.

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Forecast simulated radar 12 a.m. through 9 p.m. Friday
College of DuPage Weather

That’s setting us up for a chilly Friday night. Parts of the Iron Range will see frost while southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, will see lows in the 40s. We haven’t slipped below 50 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul international airport since May 25. 

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Forecast lows Friday night
National Weather Service

The weekend will start cool, with highs in the 60s Saturday but it warms up quickly for Sunday with highs mostly in the 70s again. Both days will be dry with sunshine.

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Forecast highs Saturday and Sunday
National Weather Service

Above-normal, summerlike temperatures return early next week. In fact, it will be in the mid 80s for the southern part of Minnesota by midweek potentially. Those readings are 10 degrees above normal.

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Forecast temperatures for the Twin Cities area from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ensemble model
WeatherBELL Analytics