Windy Sunday with periods of rain; Monday shower chance

A low pressure system was sitting over northern Nebraska Sunday morning, spinning bands of rain into Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

We’ll have periods of rain Sunday and Sunday night, with a few leftover showers at times on Monday. Parts of central Minnesota could see a few snowflakes mixed with the rain Sunday morning. A few thunderstorms will be possible in southern Minnesota Sunday and Sunday evening.

Sunday wind gusts will be between 35 and 45 mph at times.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from noon Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday:

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network. 

Temperatures

Many locations in Minnesota have already seen their Sunday high temperature. The Twin Cities high temp for today will probably be the 47-degree reading at 2 a.m. Sunday.

Afternoon temps will be in the 40s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Parts of far northwestern and north-central Minnesota will reach the 50s.

Monday highs will be in the 50s in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities, with 40s in central and northern Minnesota:

Solar eclipse weather

Cloudy to mostly cloudy skies are expected over Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the partial solar eclipse Monday afternoon. Here’s the timing of Monday’s partial solar eclipse over the Twin Cities:

Based on the cloud cover forecast for Monday afternoon, the total solar eclipse could be viewable from northern Arkansas into southeastern Missouri and far southern Illinois plus Indiana, northwestern Ohio and northern portions of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine:

The cloudiest areas in the forecast graphic above are depicted as shades of blue.

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.