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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1212 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s are expected through the
  weekend before a cool down arrives to start the month of
  October.

- Dry conditions are expected to persist with no meaningful
  rainfall in sight.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 222 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

Another quiet night is in progress across the region, with
satellite only showing some low/mid level clouds and some
patchy fog moving across northwestern Wisconsin and central
Minnesota. Fog is expected to become more widespread across
portions of central Minnesota and western Wisconsin through this
morning. Once this mixes out, we`re looking at another sunny
and warm day. Temperatures will be around 5 degrees warmer than
yesterday with highs approaching the 80 degree mark. By
Thursday, the majority of the area will likely break 80 with
upper level ridging in place. Daily highs and overnight lows
will continue to run some 10 degrees above average through the
weekend, with Saturday looking to be the warmest day of the
period. While it doesn`t look to be a record warm day for most
with highs topping out in the mid 80s, St. Cloud and Eau Claire
may come within a couple degrees of their record highs (85 and
86 respectively). Things slowly begin to cool down for the
second half of the weekend, but a more dramatic cool down with a
return to more seasonable temperatures looks to arrive sometime
late Monday/early Tuesday. A strong cold front will sweep
across the Upper Midwest, but there`s very little, if any,
chance for precip to accompany it.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/...
Issued at 1208 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024

Solid VFR conditions expected at all TAF sites throughout this
duration. Potentially some patchy fog near the WI TAF sites but
confidence too low to include in TAFs at this point. W to NW
winds around 5 kts into early this evening go close to calm
overnight then pick up in the 5-10kt range from the south late
Thursday morning through Thursday afternoon.

KMSP...No additional concerns.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
FRI...VFR. Wind S 5 kts becoming E.
SAT...VFR. Wind N 5-10 kts.
SUN...VFR. Wind E 5-10 kts.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...None.
WI...None.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...Dye
AVIATION...JPC