Finally some rain Thursday! Warmest fall on record so far for Twin Cities
Scattered showers, possible thunder clap favor afternoon into early evening hours
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Do you remember where you put your umbrella? You will need it Thursday afternoon and evening around most of Minnesota.
A low-pressure wave will bring showers to western Minnesota Thursday morning. Showers and a few possible thunderstorms will grow as they move eastward across Minnesota in the afternoon and evening.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km model shows the likely timing and coverage for rain Thursday as it sweeps east across Minnesota. The forecast model loop above runs between noon and 9 p.m. Thursday.
Rainfall totals will likely fall between about one-fifth and one-half of an inch in most of Minnesota.
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It won’t end a drought, but it may settle the dust for a few days.
Highs Thursday will reach the 60s south and 50s north.
Temperature will cool Friday into the weekend. But watch how 70s return to Minnesota by Monday.
Warmest fall on record so far in the Twin Cities
The warmest September on record yielded temperatures about 7 degrees warmer than average overall in the Twin Cities. Now October is running at 6.9 degrees warmer than average in the Twin Cities through Tuesday.
Much of northern Minnesota is running about 10 degrees warmer than average over the past 30 days.
This is the warmest meteorological fall (Sep-Nov) on record so far according to my chat Wednesday with Kenny Blumenfeld from the Minnesota State Climatology Office. Duluth and St. Cloud are in the top 3 warmest falls so far.
You can hear more of my conversations with Kenny as we talk about the upcoming winter forecast on MPR News Climate Cast on Thursday afternoon.
