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. Paris hit 108.6 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded there, and 4 degrees higher than the previous record.

Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands also set all-time heat records Thursday.

The record heat dome shifts north into Scandinavia in the next few days. Most people in that region do not have air conditioning. 

There’s now a strong, and growing, body of climate attribution science that shows heat waves like those in Europe are more likely and more intense because of climate change.

We’re back in the rainfall business across parts of Minnesota. But business will be slow through Friday. NOAA’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System 3 km resolution model captures the essence of spotty thundershower waves through Friday afternoon.

The chances for severe weather are fairly low through Friday. A few storms have already produced pea to dime-sized hail. Friday’s risk zone is marginal (low) for most of eastern Minnesota.

Saturday looks like the best day this weekend. More numerous showers and thunderstorms look likely Sunday. Temperatures look pleasant early next week. 

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Paul Huttner

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Unprecedented heat wave in Europe sets all-time high temperature records in several countries

NOAA GFS model 500-millibar height anomalies for Europe Friday.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via pivotal weather

NOAA NAM 3 km resolution model through Friday via tropical tidbits.

NOAA via tropical tidbits

NOAA temperature forecast for Minneapolis via Weather Bell

Europe hits 108 degrees, all-time heat records fall; spotty showers for us

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