Stay Curious. Stay Connected.
MailNewsletters♡Donate Now
Sign up
*
Password must be at least 8 characters and contain one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number and one symbol
Already have an account?
Sign in to your profile
Forgot Password?
New to MPR News?
Welcome back
to news
for you
Reset Password

Enter the username on file and we'll send you a code to reset your password.

Still require assistance or not sure what your User Name is?
Welcome back
to news
for you
Email Verification

A verification code has been emailed to

Still awaiting the code?
Updraft®
Sven Sundgaard

3 days of dry weather; rain, snow return Sunday

Cooler Thursday but milder with widespread 30s Friday into the weekend

72 hour QPF
Forecast precipitation Thursday through Saturday: wet south and east but dry for Minnesota for a change
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Prediction Center

Like this?

Log in to share your opinion with MPR News and add it to your profile.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Thursday will see afternoon high temperatures that will be a few degrees below normal. We should see some sunshine through occasional clouds Thursday into Saturday. Rain and snow returns to Minnesota Sunday and Monday.

Cooler Thursday with some sunshine

We’ll see our coolest high temperatures of the week for many ranging from around freezing in southeastern Minnesota to the upper teens in northwestern Minnesota.

thu highs 8
Forecast high temperatures Thursday
National Weather Service

We should see some sunshine Thursday, although it will not be completely clear. Mid and high level clouds will be moving through at times.

4p clouds THU
Forecast cloud cover Thursday afternoon
National Weather Service

Warmer and dry through Saturday

We should see a bit more sunshine Friday and temperatures will jump back to milder readings with widespread 30s Friday afternoon and into the weekend.

fri highs 8
Forecast high temperatures Friday
National Weather Service

We’ll also remain remarkably quiet and dry considering the pattern lately. Little or no precipitation will fall across Minnesota through early Sunday.

72 hour QPF
Forecast precipitation Thursday through Saturday: wet south and east but dry for Minnesota for a change
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Prediction Center

Rain, snow Sunday into Monday

The dry stretch comes to an end Sunday afternoon as the next storm system brings rain and snow to the region. That moisture will linger into Monday.

Sun MON PRECIP
Forecast precipitation early Sunday into late Monday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

It’s still early to pinpoint exactly where slushy snowfall accumulation will be heaviest but somewhere in Minnesota looks likely to see at least several inches.

The models differ on where this area sets up as can be seen in these four different computer model forecast snowfall scenarios:

snow models MON
Forecast snowfall from four different computer models Sunday into Monday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather