Spring temperatures set to return; weekend looks lovely
A nice weekend then even cooler
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Calmer and beautiful weather sets in for the weekend following Thursday’s storms. Highs will be mainly in the 70s Friday with some 60s north and low 80s south.
Beautiful weekend, well earned
We had numerous severe weather reports again late Thursday. I discuss some of them in this previous blog post.
In addition to the severe storm reports, there was another round of heavy rainfall in many areas. Central Minnesota saw another 2 to 3 inches in some places on top of the 2 to 3 inches they saw Wednesday.
Along the North Shore, more rain fell too; up to 1 to 2 inches.
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The Cascade River is now being reported up to Minnesota Highway 61 thanks to a wet spring and the additional thunderstorm rainfall.
Temperatures will be cooler Friday but still above normal. We set a record high temperature of 92 in the Twin Cities Thursday. That broke the old record of 90 degrees set back in 1961!
Dew points will also be much more typical and comfortable for mid-May.
Saturday will be another nice day with temps mainly in the 60s and 70s.
Spring returns next week
If you were worried we skipped right to June after the heat, humidity and severe weather, worry not. We’ll see a string of more typical mid May days.
Temperatures will be even cooler Monday into Wednesday; mainly in the 60s with some 50s in northern Minnesota.
After a stormy week it will be mainly dry too with just a few minor systems bringing isolated showers north Saturday; south late Sunday and for most of us late Tuesday.
