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Frost potential Friday night mainly north of Twin Cities; beautiful weekend ahead

Jet stream patterns favor milder-than-normal temps through much of May

Forecast at a glance
Forecast at a glance
Twin Cities National Weather Service office

Welcome to the first weekend of May in Minnesota.

Our gloomy start Friday gives way to abundant sunshine this weekend. On the map below, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s FV3 model shows Friday’s low clouds breaking up Friday night with mostly clear skies into Sunday.

NOAA FV3 model 2
Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere Dynamical Core model low cloud output between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Sunday
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

After a chilly start, highs Saturday will run mostly in the 60s under sunny skies.

Forecast high temperatures Saturday 2
Forecast high temperatures Saturday
NOAA

Temperatures Sunday will run several degrees warmer. Look for 70s with temperatures near 80 degrees Sunday afternoon in the Red River Valley.

Forecast high temperatures Sunday 2
Forecast high temperatures Sunday
NOAA

NOAA’s outlooks still favor warmer-than-normal temperatures thorough most of May.

NOAA week 3 and 4 temperature outlook
Temperature outlook May 10-23
NOAA