Areas of fog Sunday morning, then afternoon sunshine
Temps rebound to start the week
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A low pressure system centered over eastern Iowa late Saturday afternoon was spinning scattered showers over parts of southeastern Minnesota and west-central and southwestern Wisconsin. The chance of scattered showers will continue in those same areas Saturday evening, and an isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out. A shower could clip the southeastern side of the Twin Cities metro area early Saturday 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.
Murky start to Sunday?
A high pressure system will spread into Minnesota late Saturday night and linger into Sunday. Winds will lighten up late Saturday night, allowing areas of dense fog to develop in parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Those areas of fog will linger into Sunday morning, then skies should brighten by Sunday afternoon.
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Temperature trends
The Saturday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 76 degrees. Our average Twin Cities high temp is 80 this time of year. The Twin Cities metro area will see Sunday afternoon highs in the upper 70s to around 80.
Much of Minnesota will have Sunday highs in the 70s, with some lower 80s in the far northwest:
A few spots in the south could touch 80.
Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the comfortable 50s to the north, with slightly sticky lower 60s in the south:
Back to forecast highs, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the lower 80s Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, then upper 70s Thursday and around 80 on Friday.
Near-normal highs are expected next Saturday, then we could see above-normal temps next Sunday into the following week. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a tendency for above-normal temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin from August 28 through September 3:
We’ll see if that pans out.
Weather nugget
The official Twin Cities high temperature, which is measured at MSP airport, has not reached 90 or higher since August 5.
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.