Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Overnight rainfall left some areas saturated and others parched. Skies will clear Friday and it will be very warm and humid. An isolated thunderstorm is possible Saturday, then 90s build in Sunday.

You either saw a lot of rain overnight Thursday night or very little. 

There wasn’t a whole lot in between. There were two main areas of heavy rain around Hillman, between Onamia and Milaca in central Minnesota and then in western Wisconsin around Cumberland to Barron and Chetek. Those areas saw up to 3 to 4 inches of rainfall. The Minneapolis-St. Paul international airport saw just 0.07 inches.

The rain came just after the latest drought monitor was released Thursday. Much of the southern Twin Cities into south central Minnesota and western Wisconsin is now officially in drought.

A warm, humid Friday; isolated shower or thunder Saturday

Friday will be warm and humid with decreasing clouds. Temperatures will range from close to 90 degrees in far southwestern Minnesota to the 70s northeast.

An isolated shower or thunderstorm is possible Saturday but the chance is pretty low for most of us.

The heat really builds in Sunday into much of next week. In fact, some of the models have the Twin Cities and many southern Minnesota locations at 90 degrees or warmer seven of the next 10 days.

The peak of the heat appears to be Monday. High temperatures could top out in the mid-90s from the Twin Cities  south. The heat index will be near 100 for some places.

We are not alone in our heat. Much of western Europe has been baking in a heat wave. Spain and Portugal both hit record high temperatures of 110 degrees Fahrenheit this past week.

June 2022 was the sixth hottest globally according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s June report released Thursday. You’ll recall the Twin Cities had its 11th hottest June.

Also in the report: Antarctica saw it’s lowest sea ice for the month of June ever recorded and the Arctic had it’s 10th lowest June sea ice. 

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Sven Sundgaard

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Overnight rainfall left some areas saturated and others parched. Skies will clear Friday and it will be very warm and humid. An isolated thunderstorm is possible Saturday then 90s build in Sunday.

Overnight rainfall left some saturated and others parched. Skies will clear Friday and it will be very warm and humid. Isolated thunder is possible Saturday then 90s build in Sunday.

Very warm, muggy; hot Sunday into next week

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