Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Monday will bring a continuation of beautiful weather and normal temperatures. Showers arrive for some Tuesday with an unsettled pattern ahead.

The clear skies made for a nice glimpse of the lunar eclipse Sunday night. Thanks to Gunnar Balstad who captured this shot with an 8-inch Meade and a Nikon D5300. The total lunar eclipse occurred from 10:29 p.m. to 11:53 p.m. Sunday night.  

The color of the moon during the eclipse is red for similar reasons we see red toward sunrise and sunset. On the very edges of earth’s horizon, red is the last light to be allowed through as blue light is scattered by earth’s atmosphere. 

High temperatures Monday will be near the normal; low to mid 70s south and 50s and 60s north with abundant sunshine.

Northern Minnesota saw many rivers and tributaries rise last night with melting snow and heavy rains. The result has been several rivers at or near flood stage.

Most of those rivers will continue to go down this week. The St. Louis River at Scanlon peaked at 11.26 feet early Saturday and is down to 10.71 feet Monday. It will likely drop below flood stage late Wednesday.

The Sauk River at St. Cloud will continue to be high through the week with a slower decline.

Rain chances rise this week, starting Tuesday

The good news for northern and central Minnesota is that the next round of showers Tuesday will likely be confined to the southern third of Minnesota mostly.

The total rainfall map through early Wednesday shows the areas that will be affected the most well.

Temperatures will warm Wednesday and Thursday into the 70s again for southern Minnesota and we’ll see another, more widespread chance of of showers and thunderstorms Thursday. Some of those storms could be strong.

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Monday will bring a continuation of beautiful weather and normal temperatures. Showers arrive for some Tuesday with an unsettled pattern ahead.


Stormier pattern develops after Monday

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