It's about to get tropical in Minnesota

University of Minnesota Professor emeritus appropriately wore a tropical-themed shirt to his weekly weather chat with MPR's Cathy Wurzer. This coming week is going to get warm and wet.

This past week, many parts of northwestern Minnesota reported record or near-record thunderstorm rainfall including Fargo, North Dakota with 2.2 inches and Georgetown, Minnesota reported a record 4.47 inches.

Click audio player to hear their conversation.

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