![]() Those clouds and a persistent northeast wind look like they will keep most of Minnesota out of the hard freeze potential as readings are holding in the middle to upper 30's (see NWS Aviation Weather Center METAR map). There have even been some radar echoes (see College of DuPage north central US radar loop), which could have produced some sprinkles or even snow flurries overnight. Overnight, the back upper-level low has rotated into Minnesota and the Dakotas (see Mid-level tropospheric water vapor loop from Colorado State satellite slider) The flow of low-level air from Hudson Bay and Ontario (see Shortwave Albedo satellite loop from Colorado State satellite slider) has kept a pocket of low-level clouds streaming southwestward over much of Minnesota. We did better on sunshine than I expected, since there was enough sinking to keep the low clouds at bay for much of the day. The pressure difference between the departing front and the high moving in from northern Saskatchewan kept wind gusts around or just over 30 MPH through much of the morning and still gusting into the 20's during the afternoon (see NWS: 3-days of St. Temperatures fell through the 50's and into the 40's by late morning, only rebounding to 51 degrees during the afternoon (see 4 PM Thursday NWS WPC North America zoom-in map). Cloud temperatures from MesoWest) before the cold front came through (see 24-hour loop of NWS WPC surface maps). Yesterday's high was 60 degrees, set at 1 AM (see 7-day graph of St. The cool push is working out about as expected. Friday, Octo2 :35 AM Bob Weisman Meteorology Professor Saint Cloud State University Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences Department Cool Through Tomorrow Morning, Then Seasonably Warm Weekend, Back to Early Sept. ![]()
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