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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

A gorgeous Saturday; breezy by afternoon

Wind advisories far northwestern Minnesota

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This will be a gorgeous spring day.

Saturday highs will reach the 70s in most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

There’ll be some 60s in northeastern Minnesota, and a few spots up along the North Shore of Lake Superior might only reach the upper 50s.

It’ll be a bit breezy. Saturday afternoon wind gusts are forecast to top 20 mph in much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, and gusts could climb over 40 mph in the Red River Valley of northwestern Minnesota:

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Saturday 1 p.m. forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Forecast gusts are in knots, with 20 knots equal to 23 mph.

A wind advisory runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Saturday for northwestern Minnesota counties along the Red River and for eastern North Dakota:

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Wind advisory (light brown) 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
National Weather Service

Here are details of the wind advisory:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 346 AM CDT Sat May 7 2022 MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-080000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.220507T1900Z-220508T0000Z/ West Polk-Norman-Clay-Kittson-West Marshall-Wilkin-Towner- Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson- Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent- Richland-Western Walsh- Including the cities of Crookston, East Grand Forks, Ada, Twin Valley, Halstad, Moorhead, Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, Warren, Stephen, Argyle, Breckenridge, Cando, Langdon, Cavalier, Walhalla, Drayton, Pembina, Neche, St. Thomas, Fort Totten, Maddock, Leeds, Minnewaukan, Devils Lake, Grafton, Park River, New Rockford, Lakota, Mcville, Aneta, Tolna, Grand Forks, Cooperstown, Finley, Hope, Mayville, Hillsboro, Hatton, Portland, Valley City, Fargo, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, Rutland, Wahpeton, Edinburg, Adams, and Lankin 346 AM CDT Sat May 7 2022 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Minnesota and northeast and southeast North Dakota. * WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Difficult travel for high profile vehicles is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

You can find info on warnings and advisories in northwestern Minnesota at the NWS site here.

The daylight hours of Saturday look dry in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Showers and thunderstorms could move into western Minnesota after midnight, then spread eastward overnight.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

I will post a new Updraft blog around 10:15 a.m. with a look at Sunday and the week ahead.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.