Weather and Climate News

Update on shower and thunder chances; solar eclipse weather
A cool front will move slowly through Minnesota Sunday afternoon and evening, then it’s expected to stall out near the Iowa border Sunday night. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are possible over central and southern Minnesota Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening and Sunday night. In the Twin Cities metro area, scattered showers and an isolated…
A very nice Saturday; rain chance for some on Sunday
Some of us saw dense fog early Saturday morning. Here’s a look at the fog that remained at mid-morning Saturday, via the new GOES-16 weather satellite: Great morning shot of river valley fog from GOES-16. Look at that detail! pic.twitter.com/OZUIWakN9N — NWS La Crosse (@NWSLaCrosse) August 19, 2017 You can see the fog in the…
Periods of morning rain; chance of an afternoon shower
It was a wild Wednesday evening in southern Minnesota, with multiple reports of tornado touchdowns. This tornado was spotted near Nicollet in Nicollet county Wednesday evening: Nicollet, MN. Credit Mike Slater.@mark_tarello @DDahlkstp @NovakWeather @BoKnowsWeather @MPRweather @ian_leonard pic.twitter.com/Txx9pUKnIu — Greg Hanson (@HansonOutdoors) August 16, 2017 Here’s a summary of tornado reports from late Wednesday afternoon and…