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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

MNZ041-182100-
Alexandria-Douglas MN
45.87N  95.38W Elev. 1424 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          54          65          52          67
Temp                      58 58 57 57 56 55 57 63 65 63 57 55 54 53 58 65 66 63
Dewpt                     58 58 57 57 56 55 57 58 59 57 57 55 54 53 55 53 51 50
RH                       100100100100100100100 84 81 81100100100100 90 65 58 62
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                  17 16 16 12 11 11 11 12 11  9  8  8  9 11 13 13 12 10
Wind gust                 28 27
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          50          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs                 L  C  C  S  S


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          47    63      44    65      45    66      50    69
Temp          50 48 62 60   47 45 63 61   48 46 64 63   52 51 67 66
Dewpt         48 46 47 46   47 44 45 46   47 46 49 49   51 50 55 55
PWind dir         E     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                  S

$$
MNZ049-182100-
St Cloud-Stearns MN
45.55N  94.07W Elev. 1027 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      60          54          64          52          68
Temp                      60 60 59 58 56 56 58 61 64 64 58 55 54 53 59 65 68 65
Dewpt                     60 60 59 58 56 56 58 60 61 60 58 55 54 53 56 56 54 53
RH                       100100100100100100100 97 90 87100100100100 90 73 61 65
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd                  12 11 12  9  9  8  9  9  9  5  4  4  5  6 10 11 10  8
Wind gust                 24 24 25 20          19                   20       18
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          80          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.29        0.06        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   S  S
Rain
Rain shwrs                 D  D  L  L  C
Tstms
Obvis                        PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          48    63      44    65      44    67      49    69
Temp          51 48 61 61   48 45 62 61   48 45 64 64   52 50 67 67
Dewpt         49 48 50 50   48 44 48 49   48 45 51 52   52 50 56 57
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     0      10    10

$$
MNZ060-182100-
Minneapolis-Hennepin MN
44.88N  93.22W Elev. 840 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      61          57          64          55          69
Temp                      61 61 60 59 58 59 60 62 64 63 60 57 56 55 60 66 69 67
Dewpt                     61 61 60 59 58 59 60 62 63 63 60 57 56 55 57 56 55 55
RH                       100100100100100100100100 97100100100100100 90 70 61 65
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  13 13 14 12 10  8  9  9  9  8  8  6  6  8 10 11 10  8
Wind gust                 27 27 25             19
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          90          70          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.56        0.18        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   L  L  S  C
Rain
Rain shwrs                 D  D  L  L  L
Tstms                      S  S  S
Obvis                        PF PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          51    65      47    65      47    67      51    70
Temp          54 51 62 61   51 47 63 62   50 48 65 64   53 52 68 67
Dewpt         51 49 50 51   49 46 47 49   49 47 49 51   52 52 55 57
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0    10       5     0       0     0      10    10

$$
MNZ073-182100-
Redwood Falls-Redwood MN
44.54N  95.11W Elev. 1020 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      62          57          64          53          66
Temp                      61 62 61 61 60 58 61 63 63 63 59 57 55 53 58 65 66 64
Dewpt                     61 62 61 61 60 58 61 63 63 62 59 57 55 53 58 57 57 57
RH                       100100100100100100100100100 97100100100100100 75 73 78
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE  N NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd                  16 14 11  9  9  9 10 11 11  9  9  6  9 10 12 13 12  9
Wind gust                 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          50          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   C  S
Rain
Rain shwrs                 L  C  C  C  S
Tstms                      S
Obvis                        PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          50    62      45    64      45    66      49    70
Temp          52 50 60 58   48 46 62 60   48 46 64 63   52 50 67 67
Dewpt         52 50 53 53   48 46 50 51   48 46 52 54   52 50 58 59
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    40       5     0       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs        S  C                                      S  S

$$
MNZ083-182100-
Mankato-Blue Earth MN
44.23N  93.92W Elev. 1020 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      63          60          66          55          67
Temp                      63 63 63 63 62 62 64 65 65 64 61 59 57 56 60 65 67 65
Dewpt                     63 63 63 63 62 62 64 65 65 64 61 59 57 56 59 56 56 57
RH                       100100100100100100100100100100100100100100 96 73 68 75
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  12 12 11  8  8  6  8  9 10  9  9  8  9 11 11 12 11  8
Wind gust                 23 23
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.37        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   C  C  S  S  S
Rain
Rain shwrs                 D  L  D  L  C
Tstms                      C  C  S
Obvis                        PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          51    63      47    64      45    67      50    70
Temp          55 51 60 58   49 48 61 59   49 46 64 63   52 51 68 67
Dewpt         54 51 52 53   49 47 48 51   49 46 49 53   52 50 56 58
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    40       5     5       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs           C  C

$$
MNZ091-182100-
Fairmont-Martin MN
43.66N  94.42W Elev. 1161 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      67          61          68          55          65
Temp                      67 67 66 65 64 63 65 66 66 65 61 60 58 57 59 63 65 63
Dewpt                     67 67 66 65 64 63 65 66 66 64 61 60 58 57 59 57 57 58
RH                       100100100100100100100100100 97100100100100100 81 75 84
Wind dir                  SE  E SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  12 11  9  6  6  6  8 10 11 11 11 10 11 12 13 14 13 10
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          80          30          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.42        0.08        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   C  C  S  S  C
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  C  C                          S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  S
Obvis                        PF PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          52    60      47    62      45    65      49    68
Temp          55 52 58 57   50 48 59 59   49 46 62 62   52 51 66 66
Dewpt         55 52 53 54   50 47 49 51   49 46 50 54   52 51 56 58
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      20     5       0     0      10    20
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    S                                 S

$$
MNZ093-182100-
Albert Lea-Freeborn MN
43.69N  93.37W Elev. 1257 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      63          60          67          54          64
Temp                      63 63 63 64 63 63 66 67 67 65 62 60 58 56 59 63 64 62
Dewpt                     63 63 63 64 63 63 66 67 67 64 62 60 58 56 59 57 56 57
RH                       100100100100100100100100100 97100100100100100 81 75 84
Wind dir                  SE  E SE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                  12 12 12 10  8  6  6  8  9  9 10  9 10 11 12 12 12 10
Wind gust                 23 23
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          90          50          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.75        0.06        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   C  C  C  C  C  C
Rain
Rain shwrs                 C  L  D  L  C
Tstms                      C  L  C  S  S
Obvis                        PF PF PF
Flood                         A  A  A  A


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          50    60      45    60      43    63      48    66
Temp          54 50 58 55   49 47 58 56   48 45 61 60   51 50 64 63
Dewpt         54 50 53 53   49 47 48 50   48 45 50 53   51 50 55 57
PWind dir         E     E       E     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    40      10     5       0     0       5    20
Rain shwrs        S  C  C                                      S

$$
MNZ057-182100-
Willmar-Kandiyohi MN
45.11N  95.09W Elev. 1129 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          54          63          51          66
Temp                      59 59 59 59 57 56 59 61 62 62 58 56 53 52 59 64 66 63
Dewpt                     59 59 59 59 57 56 59 60 61 60 58 56 53 52 56 56 55 55
RH                       100100100100100100100 97 97 93100100100100 90 75 68 75
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd                  17 16 14 11 11 10 11 12 11  9  9  6  9 11 13 14 12  9
Wind gust                 27 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          70          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.33        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   S  S  S
Rain
Rain shwrs                 L  L  C  C  S
Tstms
Obvis                        PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          48    62      44    64      45    65      48    69
Temp          51 48 59 58   48 45 62 60   48 46 63 62   52 50 66 66
Dewpt         51 48 51 51   48 45 49 50   48 46 51 53   52 50 57 57
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5    10       0     0       0     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S

$$
WIZ015-182100-
Rice Lake-Barron WI
45.49N  91.74W Elev. 1145 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      61          52          64          50          71
Temp                      60 59 57 55 54 54 58 60 62 62 57 54 52 51 60 67 70 63
Dewpt                     59 59 57 55 54 54 58 60 60 60 57 54 52 51 55 53 51 52
RH                        96100100100100100100100 93 93100100100100 84 61 51 67
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   8  9 11 10 10  9  8  8  6  5  4  3  5  6 10 10  9  9
Wind gust                 18 20 23 21 21 19 18                      20
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                    100          80          50          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.43        0.33        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   C  C  S  S
Rain shwrs                 D  D  L  L  L
Obvis                        PF PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          42    66      40    66      41    68      45    71
Temp          48 43 63 59   45 41 63 58   45 42 64 60   48 46 68 63
Dewpt         47 43 47 47   45 41 42 46   45 41 46 49   48 46 52 54
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0       5    10

$$
WIZ027-182100-
Eau Claire-Eau Claire WI
44.82N  91.49W Elev. 906 ft
126 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Date             Fri 09/18/26            Sat 09/19/26            Sun 09/20/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      61          54          64          53          69
Temp                      61 61 58 57 56 56 61 62 63 63 59 57 55 53 60 66 69 65
Dewpt                     61 61 58 57 56 56 60 62 63 62 59 57 55 53 57 55 54 54
RH                       100100100100100100 97100100 97100100100100 90 68 59 68
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                  11 12 14 12 12 10 10  9  9  8  8  6  6  9 11 11 10  6
Wind gust                    23 26 23 23 20
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          90          80          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.67        0.66        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                                   D  L  C  C  S
Rain
Rain shwrs                 D  D  L  D  D
Tstms                      S  S  S  S
Obvis                        PF PF PF PF


Date          Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26  Wed 09/23/26  Thu 09/24/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          46    64      42    64      43    67      47    69
Temp          52 46 61 58   46 43 61 58   46 44 64 61   50 48 67 64
Dewpt         49 46 50 49   46 43 45 47   46 43 48 50   50 48 53 54
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E       E     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       5     5       0     0       5     5

$$