Scattered showers moving across southern Minnesota into this evening

Rainfall totals mostly less than .25".

NOAA NAM 3 km model from 3 pm Wednesday to midnight Thursday
NOAA NAM 3 km model from 3 pm Wednesday to midnight Thursday
NOAA via tropical tidbits

It’s another cool and slightly soggy spring day across southern Minnesota.

A weak low-pressure system is spawning scattered showers. Most of the precipitation is light. NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model paints the rain zone from the Twin Cities southward toward the Iowa border. The forecast model loop below runs between 3 pm and midnight.

NOAA NAM 3 km model from 3 pm Wednesday to midnight Thursday
NOAA NAM 3 km model from 3 pm Wednesday to midnight Thursday
NOAA via tropical tidbits

Light rainfall totals

Rainfall totals with this system will be light. Most areas will see less than .25” of rain by late tonight. Here’s the European model rainfall output through 7 am Thursday.

European model (ECMWF) precipitation output
European model (ECMWF) precipitation output
ECMWF via pivotal weather

Sun returns

The bright spot in our forecast this week is that most of the days will be sunny. Sunshine returns Thursday and into much of the weekend across most of Minnesota. Highs near 60 south, and in the 50s north will be common.

Forecast high temperatures Thursday
Forecast high temperatures Thursday
NOAA

So our forecast looks cool but pleasant.

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