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More record highs ahead this week

Highs in the 50s likely through Thursday; rain to snow Thursday into Friday

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Record warmth and widespread rain is on tap this week for the Twin Cities.
Twin Cities National Weather Service office

Here we go again. We’re likely going to set some more warm temperature records this week across Minnesota.

Another surge of mild Pacific air ahead of that massive California atmospheric river storm will pump warmth our way. Then that same system will bring rain to Minnesota and some snow by Thursday and Friday.

First, the warmth

We’ll see more fog again overnight into early Tuesday morning across most of western and central Minnesota.

The fog should burn off in the morning again. Then sunshine will help boost temperatures back into the 40s and 50s across Minnesota.

Keep in mind as you scan these maps the normal high and low for the Twin Cities this week are 25 and 10 degrees!

Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Wednesday may bring a few more clouds, but milder temperatures persist.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA

Thursday brings a mild February rain to much of Minnesota, transitioning to some snow in the northwest.

Forecast high temperatures Thursday
Forecast high temperatures on Thursday
NOAA

Record highs are between 50 and 53 degrees Through Thursday. We have a chance to break a record on any one of those days.

Rain to snow Thursday and Friday

Our inbound weather system will produce mostly rain Thursday across Minnesota. But colder air will produce some snow especially northwest and across northern Minnesota by Friday.

NOAA GFS model
Global Forecast System model Thursday and Friday
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

Stay tuned.