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Scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm are possible this Saturday evening, then skies will clear out overnight.
Light winds will allow some areas of fog to form late Saturday night into very early Sunday morning.
You're going to like Sunday!
It'll be a mostly sunny Sunday, with light winds.
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Dew points will be reasonable, nothing like the tropical 70 degree dew points that we saw much of this past week!
Our Sunday highs will be very typical for mid August:
A few spots in the metro could pop up to about 83 degrees.
Rain chance returns
The high pressure system that brings us our gorgeous Sunday weather will shift eastward on Monday:
The final couple of frames in the loop show the chance of showers and thunderstorms returning to western Minnesota Monday afternoon and into eastern Minnesota Monday evening. Occasional showers and thunderstorms are possible Monday night and Tuesday over much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
River levels
The torrential rains of this past week caused many central and southern Minnesota rivers to rise dramatically.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the South Fork Crow River below Mayer. Here are some details:
956 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a
* Flood Warning for
The South Fork Crow River below Mayer.
* from Sunday evening to Saturday August 20.
* At 9:30 AM Saturday the stage was 8.7 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by late Sunday evening, and
continue to rise to near 13.2 feet by Tuesday evening.
* Impact...At 13.5 feet...Vega Avenue between Carver County Road 32
and 86th Street is closed. Carver County Road 30 west of Yancy
Avenue to McLeod County line is closed.
Here is the hydrograph:
And here is the hydrograph for the South Fork Crow River at Delano, which is expected to rise about four additional feet by Wednesday:
You can always check Minnesota river level forecasts by clicking on a specific location here.
Programming note
You can hear live weather updates at 7:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday on Minnesota Public Radio.