Warm today; Scattered t-storms at times, some could be severe later this afternoon and this evening

The northwestern half of Minnesota has the best chance of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms this Sunday morning. A few scattered showers/t-storms could move east of that main rain area by mid and late morning.

A cool front will move into Minnesota this afternoon and evening, and it’s expected to generate a batch of showers/t-storms. The thunderstorm chance early this afternoon is expected to be mainly in northern Minnesota and parts of central Minnesota, then scattered t-storms will be possible anywhere in Minnesota and western Wisconsin later this afternoon and this evening. The best chance of showers/t-storms in the Twin Cities metro area will be late this afternoon and early this evening.

Severe weather is possible

According to the NWS Storm Prediction Center, scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening in the yellow-shaded area of Minnesota and western Wisconsin:

An isolated severe thunderstorm is possible in the dark-green area. The graphic and its thunderstorm timing info are provided by the Twin Cities NWS office.

Be weather-aware this afternoon and evening. It’ll be good to know what county you area in, since weather warnings are issued by county or portions of counties.

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.

Temps and dew points

Sunday highs will reach the lower 90s in southwestern Minnesota. We’ll see mainly 80s elsewhere, with upper 80s in much of central Minnesota into the Twin Cities metro area and west-central Wisconsin:

Far northern Minnesota will have 70s.

Sunday afternoon dew points will be in the sticky 60s:

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.