Pleasant Friday and Saturday; rain north Sunday

Last Friday started out warm, then temperatures crashed in the morning, giving way to a whole week of chillier-than-normal weather. On this Friday, we’ll warm to about normal for early November.

The average high temperature for the Twin Cities for Nov. 3 is 48 degrees, and that’s about where we should be by later Friday afternoon. Statewide, look for highs in the 30s up north and 40s to the south. Winds will be light.

Another rather mild day Saturday

High temperatures on Saturday will be in the 30s again in northern Minnesota. Most of the southern half of the state will get a repeat of 40s while southwestern Minnesota could enjoy low 50s as warmer air begins to enter the state.

The one wrinkle in Saturday’s weather might be some scattered light wintry mix across the far north.

Standard time returns Sunday

Yep, we come off Daylight Saving Time early on Sunday. Set those clocks back one hour Saturday night.

Warmer-than-normal Sunday

Sunday will be even milder but with a chance of rain.

Rain is likely to spread eastward across northern Minnesota beginning Sunday morning. Scattered showers will break out farther south, possibly around the Twin Cities area, much later on Sunday or Sunday night.

Afternoon highs should be in the 40s in the north and mid-50s to low 60s in the south.

Mild temperatures into early next week

Warmer-than-normal temperatures are likely to continue for Monday.

Unsettled next week

Weak disturbances will bring unsettled weather, mainly in the form of scattered rain, next week, but no big storms seem likely to pounce.

Cooler temperatures will return by later next week with highs chillier than average.

Milder mid-November

Looking much farther ahead, the week after next seems to have a good shot at becoming mild again as we head into mid-November. The outlook is for a good chance of warmer-than-normal temperatures for our part of the country during Nov. 10-16.