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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Paul Huttner

Friday evening thunder chance; then a beautiful Labor Day weekend.

Fresh holiday weekend air mass brings beautiful weather.

Forecast at a glance
Twin Cities forecast at a glance.
Twin Cities National Weather Service

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A Friday evening cool front brings a chance for a few scattered thunderstorms, then a fresh air mass for a spectacular Labor Day weekend.

The best chance for a scattered storm favors southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center maintains a marginal risk for a severe thunderstorm across southeast Minnesota Friday evening.

Severe weather risk areas
Severe weather risk areas.
NOAA via Iowa Emergency Management

Spectacular Labor Day weekend

We could still use some rain across much of the area. But for those who want to get out and enjoy some fine early September weather, this will be one of the best Labor Day weekends I can recall.

A cooler and comfortable air mass brings high in the 70s Saturday and Sunday across most of Minnesota, with a few 60s up north.

Forecast high temperatures Saturday
Forecast high temperatures Saturday.
NOAA

By Labor Day, warmer air will begin to seep back into Minnesota from the west. Highs will be around 80 in the Twin Cities and climb into the 80s in western Minnesota.

Forecast high temperatures Labor Day
Forecast high temperatures Labor Day.
NOAA

Next week brings temperatures that will feel more July than September. Highs push back into the 80s, and I won’t be surprised to see another 90-degree temperature next week in western Minnesota.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Thursday.
NOAA

Dry forecast

A persistent bubble of warm high pressure looks likely to keep most of Minnesota dry for the next week. Check out NOAA’s 7-day precipitation output. It keeps Minnesota and most of the western U.S. dry as a bone. Heavy rainfall favors the southern and southeast U.S. during the next week.

NOAA 7-day preip
NOAA 7-day precipitation outlook.
NOAA

Enjoy the last unofficial weekend of summer in Minnesota.