Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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After some incredible isolated downpours Wednesday, Thursday will bring more showers and thunder, especially later in the day. Clouds and occasional showers will keep temperatures cooler Friday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be around almost all of Minnesota again Thursday. Some of the showers and thunderstorms Thursday could produce locally heavy rainfall.

In between showers with some peeks of sun we’ll still squeeze out a high temperature near 80 in the south.

Showers will continue to rotate around a slow moving upper low Friday with lots of cloud cover as well.

Expect cooler high temperatures both Friday and Saturday with the increased cloud cover and frequent showers Friday.

Intense downpours dumped lots of rain for some Wednesday

Parts of Minnesota saw intense downpours Wednesday as a result of very slow moving thunderstorms.

A spotter in Cambridge measured a 5 inch rainfall total Wednesday evening. Radar estimates showed several swaths of 2 to 4 inches in some eastern Twin Cities suburbs as well as near Hill City and parts of northern Minnesota.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday next week looks spectacular with highs in the low 80s, comfortable dew points in the 50s.

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After some incredible isolated downpours Wednesday, Thursday will bring more showers and thunder, especially later in the day. Clouds and occasional showers will keep temperatures cooler Friday.


We’ll see an increase in the number and frequency of showers and thunderstorms across much of Minnesota late Thursday. We’ll still squeeze out a high temperature near 80 in the south between showers with peeks of sun.

More rain Thursday into Friday; cooler Friday and Saturday

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