Cooler but still well above normal this week

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I know, this isn’t the weather that you’d prefer to see on a Sunday.

Periods of rain are a good bet over about the southern half of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin on Sunday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Sunday and Sunday evening:

It’ll rain in some areas that look dry in the loop, but the loop illustrates the general rain pattern. An isolated thunderstorm will also be possible.

As always, updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio 

, and you’ll also see updated weather info on the MPR News 

. You can see the recent local NWS radar loop 

 are also available. The recent radar loop for southwestern Minnesota can be found 

Much of Minnesota, plus western Wisconsin, will see periods of showers and thunderstorms Monday and Monday night, and also on Wednesday and Thursday.

Sunday afternoon highs will only reach the 60s across most of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area, plus western Wisconsin.  That’s really cool; our average Twin Cities high temperature is a comfortable 75 degrees this time of year.  

Monday highs recover in southern Minnesota, and some spots in the metro area could touch 70:

Tuesday will be the warmest day of the coming week, with lower 80s in portions of southern Minnesota, and a few mid 80s possible in far southeastern Minnesota: 

On Tuesday, we’ll probably reach 80 degrees or warmer for the first time since Aug. 20 in the Twin Cities metro area.  Metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 70s Wednesday and Thursday.

What had been Hurricane Dorian is now Post-Tropical Cyclone Dorian. What exactly does that mean? The National Hurricane Center’s 

 has this definition of post-tropical cyclone:

This is the projected track of Post-Tropical Cyclone Dorian over the next couple of days:

Here’s a portion of the Saturday evening Dorian update issued by the 

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.

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Ron Trenda

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Our Sunday will feature cool temps and periods of rain. An isolated thunderstorm is also possible in some areas. Warmer temps and some additional bouts of rain and thunder are in the forecast this coming week. We might even touch 80!

Not your ideal Sunday weather; cool with periods of rain in many locations

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