Areas of showers and thunderstorms Sunday; unsettled weather lingers into Monday
Cooler midweek
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Summery warmth lingers over southern Minnesota this Sunday, but it’s much chillier to the north. Sunday highs will range from 40s in parts of northeastern Minnesota to 80s in the southwest. Parts of the the Twin Cities metro area could top out in the upper 70s. Our average high temp is in the lower 70s this time of year. We’ll have dew points in the sticky 60s.
Rain and thunder chances
Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see areas of showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. They will be slow-moving thunderstorms, so some spots could see heavy rainfall at times.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has trimmed back the marginal risk of severe weather for Sunday and Sunday night; the marginal risk area (shaded dark green) still includes portions of Traverse and Big Stone counties of west-central Minnesota:
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You can see that much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin are in the SPC marginal risk category for Monday and Monday night. Marginal risk means that an isolated severe thunderstorm is possible. Periods of general (non-severe) thunderstorms are expected in the light-green shaded areas on the SPC outlooks. The Storm Prediction Center updates the severe weather outlook every few hours.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High Resolution Rapid-Refresh (HRRR) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Monday and Monday evening:
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
Temperature trends
Monday highs reach the 80s in most areas, with 70s and 60s in northeastern Minnesota:
Monday dew points will be in the 60s across much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:
Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the mid 80s on Tuesday. By the way, comfortable dew points return Tuesday afternoon and then linger for several days. We’ll see metro area highs in the mid 70s Wednesday, followed by mid 60s Thursday and around 70 on Friday. Temps are expected to be slightly above normal next weekend.
We could see near-normal temperatures or slightly above-normal temps during the first few days of June. The NWS Climate Prediction Center shows a slight tendency for above-normal temps in much of Minnesota and Wisconsin from May 30 through June 5:
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