A nice start to the weekend, with rain chance arriving Saturday evening
Most of Sunday looks dry
If you’re going to have some weekend rain, you’d probably prefer that it fall at night. That way, you can maximize your outdoor fun.
Some showers and thunderstorms could move into parts of western Minnesota Saturday afternoon, then spread eastward Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Saturday afternoon through Saturday night:
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center shows a slight risk of severe weather Saturday and Saturday night for a very small part of southwestern Minnesota, with a marginal risk of severe weather from west-central through southeastern Minnesota:
Slight risk means that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible, while marginal risk means that an isolated severe thunderstorm is possible. SPC will update the Saturday severe weather outlook early Friday afternoon.
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Temperature trends
Friday afternoon highs will be in the 70s across much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Some spots in the Twin Cities metro area could touch 80 degrees or higher.
Saturday highs will reach the lower 80s across much of the area, with some 70s in northwestern Minnesota:
Sunday highs will be in the 70s in many locations:
Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 80s on Monday, followed by lower 80s Tuesday and upper 70s on Wednesday.
Not too warm and not too cold
Twin Cities high temperatures have been remarkably consistent over the past eight days, other than the 73 degree high temp at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Aug. 10. Our official Twin Cities high temp has been between 78 and 82 degrees on seven of the past eight days:
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.