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Sunnier and milder through Friday

Highs in the 50s across southern Minnesota; rain chances this weekend

Twin Cities area forecast at a glance
Twin Cities area forecast at a glance
Twin Cities National Weather Service office

Who’s ready for some sunshine?

Our weather pattern takes a turn for the sunnier as we move through Thursday and Friday. Our morning fog Wednesday gave way to some sunny peeks across parts of Minnesota.

Now we watch as high pressure builds in with mainly clear skies for the next couple of days.

On the map below, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model low cloud output shows mainly clear skies across the Upper Midwest Thursday into Saturday morning.

NOAA GFS cloud forecast
Global Forecast System cloud forecast between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Saturday
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

Highs Thursday will respond and make it into the lower 50s across southern Minnesota.

Forecast high temperatures Thursday
Forecast high temperatures Thursday
NOAA

Friday will be a few degrees warmer with temperatures in the 50s across most of Minnesota.

Forecast high temperatures Friday
Forecast high temperatures on Friday
NOAA

Weekend shower chances

They say timing in life is everything. It would be good for most of us to schedule the rain during the week and have sunny weekends. But alas, into each life a little weekend rain must fall sometimes.

NOAA’s Global Forecast System model shows the next low-pressure system dragging scattered rain showers in tow Saturday into early Sunday:

NOAA GFS model
Global Forecast System model between 6 a.m. Thursday and noon Sunday.
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

Right now, drier weather looks likely early next week, with highs in the 50s.

NOAA’s outlooks continue to favor milder temperatures into mid-November.

NOAA week 3 and 4 temperature outlook
Temperature outlook Nov. 16-29
NOAA

By Nov. 15 the normal high in the Twin Cities is 42 degrees and the normal low is 28 degrees.