A breezy and dry Sunday; no hot weather in sight this week
A look at Saturday rain totals
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The official Saturday rain total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was just nineteen one-hundredths of an inch. I tallied one-quarter of an inch of rain in St. Paul.
The blue-shaded areas in parts of the north metro and near I-494 in the south metro saw between 1 to 2 inches of rain on Saturday:
The heaviest metro area totals were just north of I-694. In Sibley County to the southwest, there were some radar estimates of 3 to 4 inches of rain.
Largest hail reports
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Gibbon, in Sibley County, reported 3-inch diameter hail at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. That followed a report of 2-inch diameter hail at Fairfax, in Renville County, at 10:09 Saturday morning. There were also some reports of downed trees in Renville County Saturday morning.
Saturday evening
A few scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm are possible Saturday evening in Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. Numerous thunderstorms are expected Saturday evening in southern Wisconsin and parts of eastern Wisconsin, where there is a severe thunderstorm watch Saturday evening.
You can get updates on severe weather watches at the NWS Storm Prediction Center site.
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
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Saturday evening update
Some spots in far southern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin could see numerous thunderstorms Saturday evening/night, so flooding is possible. Here are details from the La Crosse, Wisconsin NWS office:
A flood watch has been issued for portions of far southern Minnesota until 3 a.m. Sunday:
Here are details of the flood watch in southeastern Minnesota:
Flood Watch National Weather Service La Crosse WI 904 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022 MNZ086>088-094>096-240800- /O.NEW.KARX.FA.A.0004.220724T0204Z-220724T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston- Including the cities of Rochester, Dodge Center, Preston, Winona, Caledonia, and Austin 904 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible. * WHERE...A portion of southeast Minnesota, including the following counties, Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted and Winona. * WHEN...Until 3 AM CDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch valid until 3 a.m. Sunday for portions of far southern Minnesota, northern Iowa and far southwestern Wisconsin:
Here are details of the severe thunderstorm watch:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 496 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 855 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of North central and northeast Iowa Southern Minnesota Extreme southwestern Wisconsin * Effective this Saturday night and Sunday morning from 855 PM until 300 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...A mix of supercells and storm clusters are expected tonight across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota, with storms spreading eastward into the early morning hours. Isolated large hail up to 2 inches in diameter and an isolated tornado or two may occur with any sustained supercells, while upscale growth into clusters will support the threat for occasional damaging gusts of 60 to 70 mph. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles northwest of Fort Dodge IA to 45 miles north northeast of Dubuque IA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 493...WW 494...WW 495... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 27030.
The La Crosse NWS office and Twin Cities NWS office will post updates.
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Dry in most areas Sunday
The daylight hours of Sunday look rain-free in much of Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. There could be a few scattered showers in north-central and northeastern Minnesota and parts of northwestern Wisconsin.
Temperature trends
Sunday highs will be mainly in the 70s, but a few spots in the Twin Cities metro area and southern Minnesota could touch 80:
Far northern Minnesota could top out in the upper 60s. I should also mention that it’ll be breezy on Sunday.
Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the comfortable upper 40s to lower 50s:
Back to forecast high temperatures, Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 80 degrees on Monday, followed by lower 80s Tuesday and Wednesday then back around 80 degrees for Thursday and Friday.
August could start out warm. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a tendency for above normal temps in the upper Midwest from August 31 through August 6:
We’ll see if that pans out!
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