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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

Chance of scattered showers, isolated thunderstorm

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Our Friday will be muggy, with more clouds than sun. Some occasional scattered showers are possible, and we could even see a thunderstorm this afternoon and evening.

The National Weather Service's Global Forecast System model shows the scattered nature of the rain today and tonight:

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NWS GFS data, via College of DuPage

Highs today will be in the 70s over northern Minnesota, with lower 80s south:

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Dew points will be in the mid to upper 60s.

Comfortable weekend

A high-pressure system will bring us less humid air for the weekend:

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Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm could pop up Saturday afternoon or early Saturday evening.

Highs on Saturday will be close to normal, with lower 80s over southern Minnesota and some 70s central and north:

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Similar highs are in the Sunday forecast:

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Projected highs this coming week will be mostly in the mid 80s in the Twin Cities metro area, with upper 80s possible on Thursday. Forecast maps show a chance of thunderstorms Monday night and Tuesday.

Wednesday downpours

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has posted a nice summary of the flooding rains that fell on Wednesday and Wednesday night.

An excerpt from their report:

There were two areas seeing six inches of rain or more, centered around the Willmar-Olivia area and also in Wabasha County near the Mississippi River. The highest precipitation total found so far was 9.74 inches at a Kandiyohi Soil and Water Conservation District rain gauge site just east of Willmar.

The full storm summary, which includes dozens of rainfall totals, can be found here.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates at 7:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday on Minnesota Public Radio.