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MN Weekend Weather: Perfect Apple Picking Weather

If you're looking forward to going apple picking or visiting a pumpkin patch, you may not get a better weekend then this one.

Saturday's forecast calls for temperatures near 70 and no rain.
Saturday's forecast calls for temperatures near 70 and no rain. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

TWIN CITIES, MN — Following Friday's rain in the forecast, this weekend in the Twin Cities metro area is set up to be perfect, temperature-wise, for all your fall activities.

Saturday's forecast calls for temperatures near 70 and no rain.

"Cloudy with occasional rain showers today with a slight chance of showers again on Saturday in western Wisconsin," the National Weather Service said. "Today's cool temperatures warm to near normal by the weekend."

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Here's the full NWS forecast from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport:

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Friday: Showers. High near 58. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Low around 53. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 54. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 59. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 67. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

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