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October preview now, 70s return next week
The weekend is starting to look spectacular, if a little cooler than average for mid-September. Expect frost at many locations by Saturday morning, but most of the metro should escape frost this time.
October preview: Rain, wind and cold ahead
Our rapidly deepening storm system winds up and takes a swing at Minnesota through Wednesday. There are major model differences (what’s new?) on the precise track and rainfall totals for the Twin Cities, but the overall picture of a surge of wet weather followed by gale force winds and plummeting temps remains the same. Get ready…
September in Minnesota: AC to heat in 24 hours?
The premature October preview lasts into the weekend, then temps begin to moderate next week. Frost is likely to be widespread by Saturday morning outside the metro; 70s should return next week.
Full ‘Harvest Supermoon’ peaks tonight
Some breaks in the clouds should offer a nice view of the third consecutive supermoon over Minnesota tonight. The closer and brighter than average full moon rises at 7:16 p.m. in the Twin Cities. This is also the full Harvest Moon because it is the full moon that occurs closest to the fall equinox on Sept. 22.…
Best weekend of the year? Early frost late next week?
Clear the calendar this weekend. Cancel all indoor plans. This is a red alert. This weekend’s weather may be the best of the year in the eyes of many Minnesotans. A delightfully dry and clean Canadian air mass sails through Minnesota this weekend. Abundant sunshine? Highs in the upper 60s north and 70s central and south? Lows in…
‘Bow echo’ tears down trees in lake country
Violent storms tore through the central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin lake country in the past 24 hours. A series of severe storms, capped of by a bow echo racing east at 50 mph downed numerous trees and power lines from the Brainerd Lakes area to Wisconsin’s Siren and Hayward lake country Thursday. Here’s a look at the impressive shelf cloud…