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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Sven Sundgaard

Enjoy Tuesday’s sunshine, rain develops Wednesday

Rain and even snow for northern Minnesota return Wednesday

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High temperatures Tuesday afternoon; warmer but still below normal
NOAA via pivotal weather

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It’ll still be on the cool side of normal Tuesday but with brighter skies and light winds. Highs will be mainly in the 40s with some pockets of 30s north. Showers start to develop north Tuesday night and fill in east and south into Wednesday morning.

Warmer conditions develop Friday into Saturday with a likelihood of our first 70 in the Twin Cities and for much of central and southern Minnesota

Rare record cold in the ‘nation’s ice box’

The clear skies and light winds Monday night led to some chilly temperatures. International Falls, Minn., nicknamed the nation’s ice box, broke a record, bottoming out at 8 degrees Tuesday morning.

The old record for the date was 15 in 1947. This is significant because record highs outpace record lows by 2 to 1 these days with climate change.

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Low temperatures across northern Minnesota early Tuesday morning
National Weather Service

Enjoy the short-lived sunshine

A very narrow area of high pressure is gracing Minnesota with its presence, creating not just sunshine but light winds for a rare change. It will be a short respite as the next area of low pressure is approaching from the west.

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A narrow area of high pressure is already moving out as a low approaches bringing more precipitation
College of DuPage Weather

It’ll be pleasant enough Tuesday compared to the last several days, with highs well into the 40s for most of the state except for a few pockets of northeastern and northwestern Minnesota.

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High temperatures Tuesday
National Weather Service

Rain showers develop Tuesday night already in northern Minnesota and will fill in across the state into Wednesday morning. Expect scattered rain showers in the central and southern portions of Minnesota, but it will be more snow for the northeast.

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Rain and snow move back into Minnesota Tuesday night into Wednesday evening
College of DuPage Weather

Northern Minnesota could see up to 6-plus inches along portions of the north shore into Cook County.

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Additional snowfall Wednesday for northern Minnesota
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Portions of central and southern Minnesota could see over one-half inch of liquid precipitation.

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Total forecast precipitation Tuesday night into Wednesday night
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Real warmth coming

Thursday will see sunshine break back out, with highs well into the 50s for much of Minnesota. That’s still just a little below normal but nice by April 2022 standards.

Even warmer conditions develop Friday into Saturday with a likelihood of our first 70 in the Twin Cities and for much of central and southern Minnesota.

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High temperatures by Saturday afternoon
National Weather Service

We also have the risk of some thunderstorms Friday and Saturday for portions of Minnesota. The severe risk Friday looks to be a little more south and west.

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Severe weather outlook for Friday from the Storm Prediction Center
National Weather Service