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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Paul Huttner

Tracking overnight storms, gusty and cooler Thursday

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The Twin Cities touched the 80 degree mark for the 10th time this year Wednesday. Yes, it felt like summer out there.

The radar scope seems to agree that summer weather is in the air. The Doppler glows with scattered storms overnight, and a blustery and cooler Thursday awaits behind the front triggering the storms.

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NOAA

 Weather headlines:

  • 81 degrees -- high at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Wednesday

  • +1.4 degrees -- temperatures so far in June at MSP Airport

  • Scattered overnight rain and thunder across Minnesota

  • -Latest Twin Cities radar loop

  • -Weather updates from Twin Cities National Weather Service

  • Slight risk for severe storms with high winds and hail in west central Minnesota tonight

  • Heaviest rain focused in the northern half of Minnesota where  totals of 1-2 inches or more may fall by morning

  • Most likely window for scattered metro storms between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

  • Gusty and cooler Thursday with choppy lakes

  • Sunny and milder Friday with light winds

  • Scattered downpours and thunder this weekend both Saturday and Sunday -- locally heavy rainfall totals possible

Overnight soaker favors Northland

Central and northern Minnesota get the heaviest rainfall totals with our incoming low overnight into Thursday. I expect some rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches or more from Fargo to Bemidji to International Falls, Brainerd to the North Shore. Here's the latest rainfall output from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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NOAA

The culprit? A cold front that sweep through overnight. Behind the front a cooler blustery Thursday -- and a stellar Friday as high pressure builds in again. Yes, that's the next rain system headed in on the last frame... just time for the weekend.

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NOAA

Friday looks like the best day of the next few. Yes, it will rain this weekend. And yes, June is typically our wettest month of the year in Minnesota.

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Weatherspark

Heavy weekend downpours?

The Twin Cities gets through this week with lighter rainfall totals while northern Minnesota gets soaked. That trend may not hold this weekend. I am seeing the possibility of some heavy weekend rainfall totals once again.

Check out the 7-day rainfall totals from NOAA.

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NOAA

If we see another "multi-inch" weekend, creek and lake levels may spike once again by early next week.

Stay tuned.