Thunderstorm chance highest in NW Minn. Thursday
Heat and humidity ramp up on Friday.
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It’s been a nice stretch of comfortable temperatures and humidity. Our dew points will rise a bit Thursday and it’ll be noticeably more humid over about the southern half of Minnesota by Friday afternoon.
Temperature trends
Thursday highs will be in the 80s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with lower 80s across most of the Twin Cities metro area. There’ll be some 70s near the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Saturday highs range from around 80 degrees in far northern Minnesota to lower 90s in the southwest:
Saturday highs are in the 80s:
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A few spots in the south could touch 90.
Sunday highs are mostly in the 80s:
Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be around 80 on Monday, followed by lower 80s next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thunderstorm chances
There could be an isolated thunderstorm in the area of showers that moves across far southern Minnesota Thursday, and also in the far north. The main thunderstorm event moves into northwestern Minnesota later in the day.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible in northwestern Minnesota late Thursday afternoon. The thunderstorms are expected to spread southeastward Thursday evening.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center shows a slight risk of severe weather in west-central, northwestern and north-central Minnesota Thursday and Thursday night:
A slight risk means that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible:
The Storm Prediction Center updates the severe weather outlook several times each day.
As always, updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio Network, and you’ll also see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
You can see the recent local NWS radar loop here. The northeastern Minnesota radar loop and the northwestern Minnesota radar loop are also available. The recent radar loop for southwestern Minnesota can be found here, and the southeastern Minnesota loop here.
The Twin Cities metro area could see an isolated shower or thunderstorm this Thursday afternoon and evening, with a better chance of a few showers and thunderstorms overnight into very early on Friday.
The best chance of weekend rain will be on Sunday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model shows the potential rain pattern Sunday and Sunday night:
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:49 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.
