Flash flood watch into Wednesday morning
Heavy tropical downpours east; Octobery Wednesday; sunny 70s later this week
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Minnesota weather never ceases to amaze me.
Monday brought the hottest day in nearly two years. (96 degrees at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport)
Tuesday brings rainfall from a tropical system that originated more than 2,000 miles away.
Wednesday brings blustery October-like winds with wind chills in the 50s and 40s
Welcome to Minnesota.
Cristobal soaker
Tropical downpours from Cristobal continue to soak areas from the Twin Cities south and east into Friday morning. NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model tracks the heaviest rain cells from southeast Minnesota through western Wisconsin into Wednesday morning.
The flash flood watch continues until 7 a.m. Wednesday.
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I wrote in detail earlier about Cristobal’s rare “crossover” storm status. The center of the storm likely crosses Lake Superior Wednesday morning. That’s the furthest west Atlantic post-tropical cyclone track on record.
Octobery Wednesday
Monday felt hotter than the Fourth of July. Wednesday brings an October breeze to Minnesota. Gusty northwest winds and temperatures in the 50s and 60s to near 70 combine to make it feel like early October out there.
Wind chills by Thursday morning will make it feel like the 30s in northeast Minnesota.
Sunny 70s return
Sunshine and highs in the 70s return to most of Minnesota Thursday through the upcoming weekend. Highs in the 60s favor northern Minnesota.
Cooler by the lake as usual.