Minnesota weather: Pleasant Friday before storm chances return Saturday
MN weather: Pleasant and warm Friday
Friday stays quiet and comfortable with filtered sunshine and highs in the 80s across Minnesota. Scattered showers and thunderstorms arrive early Saturday before conditions turn drier and more humid during the afternoon. FOX 9 meteorologist Cody Matz has the forecast.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Friday brings low humidity and filtered sunshine before shower and thunderstorm chances return early Saturday in Minnesota.
Friday’s forecast in Minnesota
The forecast:
Expect a quiet Friday as patchy morning fog clears for a bright afternoon under a thin veil of high clouds. Winds will be light from the south at 5-10 mph.
Temperatures climb into the low to mid-80s across much of the state. Far southwestern Minnesota could reach the upper 80s, while the Twin Cities metro tops out around 84 degrees.
Overnight lows fall into the 60s as the cloud cover starts to increase.
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Extended Minnesota weather forecast
What's next:
A warm front moving across Minnesota brings widely scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight into early Saturday morning. Those storms will push off to the east, leaving behind a drier but more humid afternoon. An isolated thunderstorm can't be ruled out Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Heat and humidity build Sunday as temperatures climb into the mid to upper 80s with heat index values in the low 90s.
Temperatures remain in the mid to upper 80s heading into next week.
Here’s a look at the seven-day forecast:
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The Source: This forecast uses information from FOX 9 meteorologists.