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Weekend weather: Mainly dry; Sunday warmer than Saturday

Gusty winds this weekend

Our weekend will feature gusty winds, but the daylight hours look dry both days. Temperatures will be near normal on Saturday, then they’ll trend upward on Sunday.

Weekend temps and winds

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 44 degrees on Nov. 11. Twin Cities metro area highs will be in the mid-40s on Saturday.

Much of Minnesota will have Saturday high temps in the 40s, with 30s in far northern Minnesota:

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Saturday forecast highs
National Weather Service

A few spots in southwestern Minnesota could touch 50 degrees.

Saturday afternoon wind gusts will top 20 mph in most of western Minnesota:

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Saturday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Sunday high temperatures will reach the 50s across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with 40s in roughly the northern third of Minnesota:

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Sunday forecast highs
National Weather Service

Sunday afternoon wind gusts will be in the 20 to 25 mph range in most areas:

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Sunday noon forecast wind gusts
National Weather Service

Mainly dry

The daylight hours look dry this weekend across across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. East-central and southeastern Minnesota could see scattered rain showers Saturday evening, with a few patchy snow showers possible in northeastern Minnesota.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday:

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

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network

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.