Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Wet start to Mother's Day; afternoon scattered showers possible

Breezy

Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have rain Sunday morning. An isolated thunderstorm is also possible.

The rain will taper off to scattered showers in western Minnesota by late morning. Eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see the rain taper off to scattered showers early Sunday afternoon. The chance of scattered showers then lingers into Sunday evening.

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.

Temps and winds

Our Sunday high in the Twin Cities happened around 1 a.m., when the temperature was 63 degrees. The Sunday daytime high will be around 60 in the Twin Cities. Most of Minnesota will see Sunday daylight hour highs in the upper 50s to the lower 60s:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Some lower 50s are possible near Lake Superior.

It’ll be breezy again Sunday, with gusts over 30 mph in much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

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

Forecast wind gusts are in knots, with 27 knots equal to 31 mph.

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:15 a.m. with an update on our Sunday weather and a look at 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.