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Weekend weather: Mild Sunday with rain chance in northern Minnesota

Daylight saving time ends Sunday

Temperatures will be near-normal on Saturday, then milder air arrives on Sunday.

The average Nov. 4 Twin Cities high temperature is 48 degrees. Metro area highs will be in the mid to upper 40s on Saturday.

High temps Saturday afternoon will range from 30s in the northern third of Minnesota to 50s in much of southwestern Minnesota:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Sunday high temps are forecast to be in the 50s from west-central Minnesota through the Twin Cities metro area and into west-central Wisconsin:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Southwestern Minnesota will reach the lower 60s on Sunday, with 40s in much of northern Minnesota. Parts of far northeastern Minnesota could see Sunday highs in the upper 30s.

Rain, snow chances stay mainly north

Saturday looks mainly dry, but some forecast models show a sprinkle or flurry chance in northern Minnesota.

The northern third of Minnesota could see some rain showers at times on Sunday, with a rain- snow mix possible in parts of far northern Minnesota.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Finite Volume Cubed Sphere (FV3) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Sunday:

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Simulated radar from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Sunday
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com

The rain chance spreads into central Minnesota, the Twin Cities metro area and west-central Wisconsin Sunday night.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network. Also check out the MPR News display of National Weather Service radar.

Daylight saving time ends

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Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday
National Weather Service

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, so any clocks or time displays (on stoves etc.) that don’t automatically adjust to standard time should be set back one hour Saturday night.

Sunset in the Twin Cities will be at 4:56 p.m. Central Standard Time this Sunday. Those earlier sunset times always take awhile to get used to!

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.