Mild Sunday afternoon temps; breezy in western Minnesota
No rain or snow today
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The Saturday high temperature at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 41 degrees. Parts of the Twin Cities metro area could top out in the lower 50s Sunday afternoon. The average Twin Cities high temperature is 39 degrees this time of year.
Sunday high temps will reach the 50s across much of the southern half of Minnesota and in the Red River Valley of northwestern Minnesota, with mainly 40s elsewhere:
Winds in eastern Minnesota will be much lighter today than they were on Saturday. An approaching low pressure system could generate wind gusts of 20 mph or higher in far western Minnesota Sunday afternoon.
Here’s the 4 p.m. wind gust forecast:
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The combination of wind and low relative humidity will create elevated fire weather conditions in far western Minnesota Sunday afternoon. Here are details, from the National Weather Service:
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 512 AM CDT Sun Mar 10 2024 MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-101600- Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, and Granite Falls 512 AM CDT Sun Mar 10 2024 ...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITION TODAY WESTERN MINNESOTA... * WHAT...The combination of south to southeast winds of 10-20 mph and afternoon relative humidity values down near 20 percent will result in elevated fire weather conditions this afternoon. * WHERE...West central Minnesota. * WHEN...this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop could spread rapidly. * ACTIONS...Check with your county or the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to see if your county has any burning restrictions before starting any fires.
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network.
A dry Sunday
We aren’t expecting any snow or rain in Minnesota or western Wisconsin this Sunday or Sunday evening..
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High Resolution Rapid-Refresh forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 10 a.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Sunday:
Update
A new updraft will be posted around 10:40 this morning. It’ll include a look at the week ahead.
Weather nugget
With our switchover to daylight saving time, you can expect a sunset at 7:13 p.m. today in the Twin Cities.
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.