Decreasing clouds Thursday with lingering showers northeast. Warmer days ahead
Summerlike temperatures move in for Friday and Saturday
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Updated 9 a.m.
Clouds and scattered showers will linger in northeastern Minnesota. The rest of the state will see decreasing cloud cover. Friday and Saturday will see the return of 80s south and west.
Decreasing clouds Thursday with lingering showers northeast
Most of Minnesota will be dry Thursday, but light rain showers will linger in northeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
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Clouds should decrease from west to east allowing temperatures to warm in western and southern Minnesota, back into the 70s.
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Much warmer Friday, Saturday with isolated thunderstorms
A blast of warmer air is moving in for Friday and Saturday. Highs Friday will be well into the 80s for much of southern and western Minnesota, bringing a taste of summer again.
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Some forecast models hint at some 90 degree readings Friday, especially in west-central Minnesota:
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A cool front will touch off some isolated showers and a couple thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday. The best chances of rain will be north and east.
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It will be in the 80s again for the Twin Cities and southeastern Minnesota Saturday ahead of the cool front. Temperatures will still be above normal Sunday and Monday, mainly in the mid to upper 70s south to 60s north.
Another chance of potentially more significant moisture develops late Sunday into Tuesday next week.
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Between a couple different upper-level disturbances, rainfall could add up to some significant amounts. The forecast models favor southern and southeastern Minnesota for the heaviest precipitation at this point.
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Hopefully we get this widespread, significant moisture early next week as many parts of the state are now running month-to-date rainfall deficits. The latest drought monitor is unchanged, for now:
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