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Warmer southern MN Sunday, snow northeast

The winds of Saturday were impressive!  A gust of 49 mph was measured at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport at 459 am, and there were some higher gusts in the metro area.  Holman Field in St. Paul reported a gust of 52 miles per hour at 709 am, and Flying Cloud airport in Eden Prairie clocked a gust of 51 mph at 432 am. You can check the highest wind gusts reported around Minnesota at Gusts .

Much nicer on Sunday 

Sunday will be much less windy, and high temps will be much warmer than Saturday over central and southern sections of the state:

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Temperature will be cool over northeastern  Minnesota, with some periods of snow.

The Duluth office of the National Weather Service indicates where the heaviest snow is expected:

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NWS Duluth

The area where 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected in northeastern Minnesota is in a winter weather advisory from 4am to 4pm Sunday.

Wet Tuesday and Wednesday?

Temps cool down again on Monday, and we could see some showers at times on Tuesday and Wednesday:

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NOAA Global Forecast System data, via Weatherspark

I hope that you enjoy your Sunday!

Programming note: You can hear my live weather reports at 735 am weekend mornings on Minnesota Public Radio.