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Mainly dry with 50s again and 60s next week

March stays 10-20 degrees warmer than normal into next week

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

It may not be in the 70s anymore, but a warm bias continues to dominate the weather maps into next week.

Overall, our weather pattern looks pretty quiet the next few days. The lone exception is a low-pressure system that will clip far northwest Minnesota on Wednesday with a mix of rain and snow.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model shows the progression of the system on Wednesday:

NOAA GFS model Wednesday
Global Forecast System model forecast for Wednesday
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

Snowfall totals of anywhere from 1 to 6 inches could fall from the northern Red River Valley to Lake of the Woods. Check out NOAA’s Global Forecast System model snowfall output on the map below.

NOAA GFS model
Snowfall output forecast
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Temperatures will rise into the 50s once again across southern Minnesota Wednesday.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA

We’ll cool down a bit later this week with highs in the 40s south and 30s north once again.

Forecast high temperatures Saturday
Forecast high temperatures Saturday
NOAA

But a new warming trend is likely to kick in again early next week. highs should push the 60-degree mark once again in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota early next week.

NOAA GFS temperature output
Global Forecast System temperature output for Tuesday, March 12.
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

Keep in mind the normal high and low for the Twin Cities early next week are 39 and 23 degrees.

The outlook for March still favors warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of this month.

NOAA week 3 and 4 temperature outlook
March 16-29 temperature outlook
NOAA

Stay tuned.