Hot Friday; severe thunderstorms likely later, mainly north
Thunderstorms linger across central Minnesota Friday morning. Heat and humidity will build and feed strong, severe thunderstorms later in the day beginning in the northwest.
Sunday should be lovely with comfortable temperatures and low humidity.
St. Cloud soaked
Most thunderstorms across central Minnesota weakened below severe criteria by early Friday but some continued to produce very heavy rain. Areas in and around St. Cloud got socked with about four inches of rain. The official measurement at the St. Cloud airport was 3.81 inches at 7 a.m.
Those showers and thunderstorms should continue to weaken and dissipate during the morning.
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Hot Friday; severe storms likely later
Friday will be a toasty day, but not as extreme as Monday’s scorcher was, fortunately. Afternoon high temperatures should range from the mid 80s in the northeast to low 90s in and around the Twin Cities.
The stage is set for an outbreak of severe weather mainly across northern Minnesota later on Friday. Heat and humidity along with a very unstable atmosphere will respond to the heating of the day, an advancing cold front and support aloft to fire off thunderstorms.
Strong storms should begin brewing in northwestern Minnesota Friday afternoon, then grow and spread east by evening.
Some storms will become severe. The updated convective outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center indicates an enhanced risk (level 3 of 5) of severe weather, mainly damaging winds and hail, in northwestern Minnesota.
Storms will remain strong or severe as they track eastward across northern parts of the state and expand southward Friday evening and overnight. The Twin Cities area is in a marginal risk (level 1) of severe weather for later in the night.
Widespread rain
Other showers and storms will break out across southern Minnesota after midnight.
The organized rain should clear out of most of Minnesota Saturday morning. But scattered here-and-there showers will probably linger, mainly in the north, until the instability moves farther east.
Much of the state, including the Twin Cities area, has a good chance of picking up some decent rainfall amounts.
Much cooler Sunday
Sunday puts us on the dry, pleasant side of a cold front and should be a lovely June day with comfortable temperatures and low humidity.
Next week starts dry, then maybe wet
Monday looks like a winner, as well. Tuesday and later next week bring a few chances of scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms.