A bright Sunday in much of Minnesota; shower chance stays in the far north

The overnight mix of rain and wet snow up north froze into an icy layer on some roads. Icy patches have been noted on several roads in north-central and northeastern Minnesota:

Conditions will improve as temperatures warm later this morning.

Sunday temps and winds

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 44 degrees on Nov.12. Metro area highs will probably reach the mid 50s Sunday afternoon and a few spots in the Twin Cities metro area could see upper 50s. That’s more like October than November.

Much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have Sunday highs in the 50s, with 40s in roughly the northern third of Minnesota:

It’ll be a breezy afternoon, with wind gusts over 20 mph at times:

Rain chance stays to the north

A low pressure system in southern Canada will spin some showers over portions of far northern Minnesota today. Parts of northwestern and north-central Minnesota could see a wintry mix at times this morning, then it will be a chance of scattered rain showers in north-central and northeastern Minnesota Sunday afternoon.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Finite Volume Cubed Sphere (FV3) model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 11 a.m. Sunday to 5 p.m. Sunday:

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.

Update

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:40 this morning. It’ll include a look at 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. each Saturday and Sunday.