Colder Friday, warmer & dry weekend

Good evening! Today was another beautiful February day for us, with plenty of sunshine. The high temperature for the Twin Cities today reached 52 degrees, which wasn’t too far from our record high of 59 degrees, set back in 2017. Today’s winds have stayed breezy, and that will remain the case overnight into your Friday forecast.

Count on some increasing cloud cover tonight as a cold front tracks somewhat slowly north to southward through Minnesota tonight into tomorrow morning. Tomorrow’s highs will be cooler behind the front, with highs in the mid-30s for the metro, and most of central and southern Minnesota. While tomorrow features cooler temperatures, they are seasonable. The cool-down is brief as warmer air builds in Saturday. I will say that with light winds and clear skies Friday night, as well as that colder air, count on a chilly Saturday morning. However, despite that cool start, it is a warmer and dry weekend, with more sunshine (compared to Friday, the weekend is sunnier).

Temperatures Monday are even warmer, in the upper 50s and low-60s. Cloud cover increases late Monday out ahead of our next storm system. Mostly cloudy skies and scattered rain showers are possible Tuesday, especially afternoon and evening. Tuesday night we switch to a wintry mix that eventually transitions to all snow as much colder air builds in behind the low as it tracks eastward over the Great Lakes. Some accumulating snow is possible Wednesday next week, but temperatures again warm to above average as we kickstart March.

Have a wonderful night!

Wren