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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

Cool, breezy Saturday; snow lingers in NE Minnesota, NW Wisconsin

Fall color update for leaf-peepers

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A low-pressure system will bring periods of snow Saturday to north-central and northeastern Minnesota plus northwestern Wisconsin.

Here’s the National Weather Service Saturday snow forecast:

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Saturday snow forecast
National Weather Service

There could be some rain mixed with the snow at times.

You can check the MPR News interactive radar display here. I should mention that the Twin Cities NWS radar located in Chanhassen is out of service for a few days:

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Twin Cities radar outage Oct. 14-20
National Weather Service

We have updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.

Cool temps, gusty winds

Saturday afternoon highs will be mainly in the 50s across the southern half of Minnesota and into west-central Wisconsin. A few spots in far southwestern Minnesota could top 60:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin will have highs in the 40s.

Saturday afternoon wind gusts will be in the 18-24 mph range in many areas:

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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.

Fall color update

Recent strong winds have taken a lot of leaves off of our trees, but there are still some areas of great fall color in portions of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fall color report for Minnesota State Parks and Trails looks like this:

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Fall color report
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

When you look at fall color maps, keep in mind that all deciduous trees are included. The maples can be peaking in a given area when the overall changeover to fall color is 50 percent or less.

The Wisconsin fall color report can be found here.

Update

A new Updraft will be posted by around 10:20 a.m.; it will include 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. Saturday and Sunday.