Tracking spotty thunderstorm chances this week
Overall storm coverage looks low, but locally heavy rainfall is possible.
It’s truly a hit-or-miss rainfall forecast across Minnesota this week.
A combination of weak weather features and limited moisture will produce a few clusters of showers and thunderstorms. But overall coverage looks scattered at best.
The best chance for storms Tuesday favors northern Minnesota. As of this post Tuesday afternoon, scattered showers and thunderstorms are drifting east across northern Minnesota.
NOAA’s NAM 3 km resolution model continues the theme of spotty rainfall coverage. Note the isolated pop-up showers with coverage drifting slowly southward through Wednesday into Thursday.
Rain chances for the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota will be highest Thursday and Friday. The best chance for getting an inch of rain or more favors the northern half of Minnesota this week.
High temperatures this week will run near or slightly below average for mid-August. Highs will top out around 80 in the Twin Cities Wednesday with mostly 70s up north.
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