| Jan. 3, 2020 Just the average January weather this weekend -- with some windchills. It’ll be quite an uneventful weekend in terms of winter weather. Saturday highs will be around the average temps for this time of a year, in the 20s across Minnesota. Sunday will be a bit warmer, with highs in the 30s in many parts of the state. Greenland ice sheet is now melting 7 times faster than in ‘90s. But should we care? Faster melt means faster sea-level rise, and that puts an extra 400 million people at flood risk by 2100, according to a recent study in the journal Nature. Learn more on this week’s Climate Cast about this news, and what actions you can take to help fight climate change. Another cool meteor shower tomorrow, but it’s super early. If the skies are clear overnight, you may be able to catch one of the best annual meteor showers Saturday morning. I’m saying “may be” because to see it, you need to wake up around 2:30 a.m. Good night and good luck. 700 Minnesota Nat’l Guard members in Mideast wait for the fallout of Soleimani death. They arrived in Kuwait and Iraq in the last 30 days, just weeks before a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani Thursday. Their orders haven’t changed yet, but a major with the Guard says it’s too early to know anything. — Jiwon Choi, MPR News | 