Showers and thunderstorms develop Wednesday along with muggier dew points

It’ll be another warm day Wednesday with increasing clouds as scattered showers and thunderstorms expand east into Wednesday night. 

Scattered showers, thunderstorms expand east Wednesday into Wednesday night 

Ahead of the rain, it’ll be another warm day Wednesday for eastern Minnesota with highs once again near the 80-degree mark.

Dew points have climbed into the muggier 60s already and will continue to be in the muggy category into the weekend.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will expand east from southwest Minnesota across the state overnight Wednesday into early Thursday.

There’s a relatively low, marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe weather in southwest Minnesota with storms that do develop. Most of the activity will be garden-variety.

While the risk of severe weather is low, heavy rainfall could be possible in some places. There will be a broad one inch or more of rainfall across southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin.

While most will see between 1 to 2 inches of rainfall, most models hint at the possibilty if not likelihood of some locally heavier amounts. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s North American Model (NAM) is producing some 3 inch or higher amounts in a few isolated pockets of southern Minnesota.

There’ll be lingering instability both Thursday and Friday afternoon with some pop-up spotty showers and thunder possible. It’ll also be cooler, mostly in the 70s for highs, due to the increased cloud cover. The weekend looks mostly dry and pleasant.