Minnesota Weather: MLK Jr. Weekend Warmup

After a cold and mostly cloudy day Friday, the weekend will feature mostly sunny days along with warming daytime temperatures. The dry weather will give way to a storm system lifting northward through the Plains, bringing a wintry mix to the local area for Sunday night and Monday.

Friday

Cloudy, with a high near 10. Wind chill values as low as 16 below. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Friday night

Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 1 below. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph.

Saturday night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 2. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday night

A chance of freezing rain after midnight, mixing with snow after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

A chance of snow and freezing rain before 8 a.m., then snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Monday night

Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 25. North northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

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