Cold tonight, then warming up again

Here’s your Wednesday evening forecast for March 27, 2024 from Minnesota’s Weather Authority and Meteorologist Wren Clair.

Good evening! Well, our new snowpack doesn’t have much of a shelf life as seasonable temperatures in the mid-40s return Friday into your weekend forecast. However, first tonight, we have the coldest morning lows of the week. Winds lighten tonight, and cloud cover thins out leading to mostly clear skies. This will allow for ideal radiational cooling, and a cold night with mainly single digits lows across Minnesota. I expect metro lows downtown near 10° during the morning commute, but it will feel near 0° to 5° with a light westerly breeze. Temperatures tomorrow are warmer than today’s high temperatures, and we also have mostly sunny skies on the docket for Thursday. High temperatures tomorrow are back into the mid to upper-30s, and it’s not a breezy day.

We cloud over again Thursday night with mostly cloudy skies and light afternoon and evening scattered rainfall. Temperatures over the weekend stay in the mid-40s, with partly cloudy skies Saturday and a few sprinkles possible. Easter Sunday trends mostly cloudy with the chance for afternoon and overnight rainfall transitioning to a wintry mix of rain and snow into Sunday.

Despite a chilly start to next week, we end up with another warm-up into the 50s midweek.

Have a wonderful night!

Wren

There will be a few chances for light rain through Easter weekend. The first one arrives on Friday evening, becoming more widespread Friday night, and out by Saturday morning. Another round of rain is most likely Sunday night, continuing into Monday. There is a chance that enough cold air will make its way into central and northern Minnesota that some light snow is possible. We will be keeping a close eye on that for any post, Easter travel issues, but right now, the chances for snow remain very low. Expect more rain than anything over the next week.