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It’s an all-or-nothing rainfall across Minnesota today.

Parts of central and northern Minnesota have picked up a good soaking. Heavy, multi-inch rainfall totals are reported in several locations. 

Doppler radar storm total rainfall (top of post) shows a swath of heavy rainfall totals in excess of 1 inch running from I-90 in southern Minnesota to Cold Spring, Little Falls and Pequot Lakes. More than 2 inches have fallen in Eden Valley, St. James and Bird Island.

Here is a look at the list of the highest 

 Many of these rainfall reports are from early Friday morning, so additional rain may have fallen in some areas.

Our slow-moving low-pressure system lingers into Saturday. Some short-range models suggest a cluster of rain cells around the Twin Cities in the hours surrounding midnight. Scattered rains will persist through Saturday as the system gradually pulls eastward into Wisconsin. 

Here’s the WRF model between 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday.

Additional rainfall totals look light in most areas, with some local totals over 0.50 inches. Here’s NOAA’s GFS model rainfall output through Saturday.

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Paul Huttner

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Twin Cities missing out on most rainfall from this system

Storm total precipitation estimates from Twin Cities radar 

NOAA via Weather Underground

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NOAA WRF model between 7 pm Friday and 6 pm Saturday

NOAA via tropical tidbits

NOAA GFS model precipitation output through Saturday 

Heaviest rainfall totals focused on central Minnesota

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