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Instability showers north; cooler Thursday, then heating up

A few showers mainly northern Minnesota Wednesday

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Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

We’ll see partly cloudy skies Wednesday but some instability showers will pop up, primarily for the northern half of Minnesota. Thursday will bring our coolest high temperatures this month so far before things heat up this weekend.

Partly cloudy Wednesday with a few showers

Most of us will have sunshine through partly cloudy skies but watch out for mainly the northern half of Minnesota for some pop-up showers this afternoon and evening. One or two can’t be ruled out for the Twin Cities also.

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Forecast precipitation Wednesday
College of DuPage Weather

High temperatures Wednesday will be in the low 80s south and in the 70s north. Thursday will bring our coolest day this month of July so far for many. Highs will only be in the mid to upper 70s in southern Minnesota and in the upper 60s in northeast Minnesota.

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Forecast high temperatures Thursday
NOAA via pivotal weather

Heating up

After another pleasant day Friday, much warmer and more muggy air will be building in this weekend into next week. Highs will be in the upper 80s this weekend.

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Forecast temperatures over the next several days
WeatherBELL Analytics

We may hit 90 already by Sunday, but almost certainly by the middle of next week. Most models have us in the 90s more than once next week.

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Forecast high temperatures next Wednesday (August 3rd) from the European Centre for Medium range Weather Forecasting (EURO) model
Pivotal weather

Record St. Louis rainfall

St. Louis, Mo. shattered an all-time record rainfall early Tuesday. They saw 8.64 inches of rainfall. The old record was 6.85 inches, set back in 1915 as the remnants of the Galveston hurricane dumped rain on the region.

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Precipitation estimates early Tuesday
NOAA via pivotal weather

The culprit is the boundary of the cooler air that pushed through Minnesota earlier this week. It’s stalled over the central U.S. creating clouds, showers, and thunderstorms repeatedly.

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Clouds and thunderstorms are stalled out ahead of cooler air
College of DuPage Weather