Still searching for rain: Only spotty thunderstorm coverage through Thursday
Minnesota's drought continues to deepen
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We’re tracking scant rainfall chances in Minnesota through Thursday. Many farm fields and lawns and shrubs desperately need rain.
I wish I had better news about the extent of rainfall coverage through Thursday, but so far, rainfall coverage looks scarce on the weather maps.
NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model barely picks up blips of isolated thunderstorm activity through tonight. The loop below runs from 7 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday.
There is a marginal severe risk for most of central and southern Minnesota into Thursday morning.
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Thursday brings another chance of spotty storms. But the best chance for rain (and severe weather) is shifting southward to southeast Minnesota and beyond.
NOAA’s NAM 3 km model picks up on a developing thunder complex across southern Minnesota that could evolve into possible severe clusters, with bow echo-type severe weather signatures possible from southern Wisconsin toward Chicago Thursday night.
There’s a better chance for more widespread rainfall on Sunday.
Stay tuned.