Soggy Monday with showers and thunderstorms. Sunny Tuesday ahead

A system is bringing showers and thunderstorms to much of Minnesota Monday. Some storms later in the day could be strong to severe in southeastern Minnesota. Sunny skies are back Tuesday. 

Rainy Monday; strong storms later southeast 

Brace for a wet and breezy Monday. It will feel more like a rainy fall day for central Minnesota, rather than an early August stormy setup.

We’ll have scattered showers and thunderstorms on and off for much of the day in central and southern Minnesota. More storms will develop late in the afternoon and evening in south-central and southeastern Minnesota, where some sun will pop out. 

Storms that develop in southern Minnesota later in the day could become strong to severe. There’s a slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe storms forecast for those areas.

Rainfall totals will be in the 1 to 2-inch range for much of central Minnesota into western Wisconsin but there will be some locally higher amounts potentially.

Due to the potential of rainfall amounts of up to 3 to 4 inches there’s a flood watch from 7 p.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Tuesday for portions of east-central Minnesota into southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Surface high pressure then builds Monday night into Tuesday, bringing mostly sunny skies for Tuesday. It will be very pleasant with highs mostly in the 70s and comfortable dew points.

The rest of the week will see continued below-normal temperatures (mostly in the 70s) with comfortable overnight lows ranging from the upper 40s north to low 60s in the Twin Cities. Wednesday will see an increase in cloud cover. Brighter skies return late-week.