Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Minneapolis, MN

DISCUSSION
Issued at 252 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

An exceptionally quiet morning is ongoing across the area as a weak cold front pushed through, with winds turning westerly to northwesterly with clearing skies due to weak subsidence via CAA.
There is a bit of patchy fog within central MN, however it is not widespread and we do not expect significant impacts as a result, with fog quick to burn off once the sun rises in a few hours.
Temperatures will remain a few degrees above normal today with highs in the low to mid 50s with weak surface high pressure centered south of the region keeping skies mostly clear. A few clouds return tonight as yet another weak Canadian low pressure system slides west to east across our neighbor to the north, with a similar situation to what we just had as a weak series of frontal boundaries will move through within 12 hours of each other between Monday evening and Tuesday morning. No rain showers are expected with the main result being a brief increase in cloud cover overnight, with weak high pressure once again sliding in afterwards on Tuesday.

A ridge building in the western CONUS will amplify the northerly flow aloft on Wednesday which will also begin to spin up a weak surface low tracking from roughly Nebraska to Illinois during the day as 500mb heights fall with northerly flow aloft. The height fall plus CAA could squeeze out a few showers mainly Wednesday morning as the surface low moves south of the area, however the lack of moisture should mean any activity is limited both in duration and intensity, with only a few hundredths of an inch at best from any showers. As the surface low moves away from the area and heights begin to steady later in the day, we should dry out quickly with cloud cover also retreating amidst high pressure building on the eastern side of the ridge which has yet to really move from the western CONUS. The position of the ridge and high pressure will result in some cooler temperatures from Wednesday through Friday with another chance for some sub-freezing lows, mainly on Friday as highs drop into the low to mid 40s. The high pressure then begins to move towards the southeastern CONUS with the ridge beginning to flatten, raising 500mb heights and once again bringing temperatures back above normal, in addition to keeping us dry. This longwave ridge spanning the entire CONUS looks to remain in place for at least the first half of next week, with any potential pattern shift waiting until the latter half of next week. Long range ensemble guidance keeps the weather quiet until then, however once the ridge moves eastwards we could see better chances for precipitation return across the area, but any major systems are too low confidence to truly take note of for now.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
Issued at 536 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2026

A mostly quiet period is ahead of us with winds at 270-310 at or below 10kts throughout, becoming VRB03kt after 00z before returning to 160-180 below 5kts at the end of the period. Skies will remain VFR with 150-250 level clouds, mainly FEW/SCT.

KMSP...BKN VFR CIGS around 10kft are possible towards the tail end of the period, otherwise we likely avoid a CIG altogether. A few gusts to 20kts are possible from 16-23z, however frequency should be low enough to avoid needing a prevailing line.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ TUE...VFR. Wind W 5kts.
WED...VFR, sl chc -SHRA/MVFR. Wind N 5kts.
THU...VFR. Wind N 5-10kts.

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