Dry days coming beginning Sunday; seasonable temperatures all week
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Wasn’t it great to have a wound-up October storm system bring us so much beneficial rain in this drought-prone year, and not messy snow? That same storm system probably would have produced a major winter storm if it occurred around Thanksgiving.
Rainfalls varied greatly, with lots of rain for southern and into central Minnesota but none in the far north.
My backyard rain gauge in Minneapolis held a wonderful 2.5 inches of rain when checked Saturday morning. That’s about the average October total monthly rainfall for the Twin Cities. The Twin Cities’ official gauge at MSP Airport recorded 1.6 inches while the St. Paul Downtown Airport edged it out with 1.8 inches. Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie did even better with 2.3 inches.
In southern Minnesota, Redwood Falls picked up almost 2 inches, Northfield 3.5 inches, and Welcome, in Martin County in south central Minnesota near the Iowa border, was awash with 4.5 inches.
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Rainfall amounts dropped off greatly farther north. St. Cloud got 1.5 inches, Brainerd half an inch, Duluth a little more than a tenth of an inch, just a trace at Grand Rapids, and zero rain for International Falls.
Isolated sprinkles
Radar has been showing isolated light showers tracking southwest across Minnesota Saturday afternoon.
Dry for a few days
Dry high pressure from Manitoba will gradually thin the clouds on Sunday. High temperatures will be mainly in the 50s statewide.
On the forecast map for Sunday, note the unneeded rain for the Northeast, the chance of light showers for the Vikings game in Chicago, and the cold front bringing an unseasonable chill to Florida.
A seasonable week coming
Monday and Tuesday will be dry and pleasant.
A cold front from western Canada should bring scatterings of light showers on Wednesday and possibly into Thursday.
The Twin Cities will see highs in the upper 50s on Monday and maybe touch the low 60s on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Temperatures will cool a little behind the cold front beginning on Thursday and for the end of the week.
