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Some Friday sunshine, breezy and cool

Northern Minnesota has a chance of flakes

Our average Twin Cities high temperature is 40 degrees this time of year. Metro area highs may be a degree or two shy of 40 today.

Friday highs range from the 20s in northern Minnesota to the lower 40s near the Iowa border:

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Friday forecast highs
National Weather Service

It’ll be a breezy day, and Friday afternoon wind chills will range from the single-digits in northwestern Minnesota to 20s in southern Minnesota:

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Friday 1 p.m. forecast wind chills
National Weather Service

Northeastern Minnesota and far northwestern Wisconsin could see scattered light snow showers this Friday, and scattered flurries are possible in northwestern and north-central Minnesota.

Northern Minnesota will have the most cloudiness today. Much of southern Minnesota will have sunshine followed by increasing cloudiness late in the day. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential cloud coverage for Friday:

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Simulated cloud cover Friday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

You can hear updated weather information on the MPR network, and you’ll see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

An updated updraft will be posted around 9:30 a.m. with details on your weekend weather.