Unsettled Saturday weather; thunderstorms possible at times
Muggy dew points
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Some of us saw scattered showers and thunderstorms early Saturday morning, and a few scattered showers and thunderstorms are still possible this morning and afternoon.
Forecast models show a more organized area of showers and thunderstorms developing in southern Minnesota late Saturday afternoon, then expanding northeastward Saturday evening. Roughly the southeastern half of Minnesota plus much of western Wisconsin will probably see periods of showers and t-storms Saturday evening and overnight Saturday night. There could be a few isolated thunderstorms elsewhere in Minnesota during that same time period.
You can track weekend showers and thunderstorms on the new interactive radar on the MPR weather page. You can pan and zoom the radar display on our site to see precipitation at your location, across all of Minnesota and western Wisconsin and beyond.
You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.
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Severe weather outlook
The NWS Storm Prediction Center shows a slight risk of severe weather (shaded yellow) Saturday afternoon through Saturday night from southeastern Minnesota into western Wisconsin:
The southeastern portion of the Twin Cities metro area is included in the slight risk of severe weather, mainly this evening and overnight.
Slight risk means that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible:
An isolated severe thunderstorm is possible in the dark-green shaded areas on the map.
Saturday temps and dew points
Saturday highs will be mainly in the 80s in southern and central Minnesota plus parts of the northwest. 70s are expected in northeastern Minnesota and much of western Wisconsin. Twin Cities metro area highs are expected to reach the lower 80s.
Saturday afternoon dew points will be in the 60s.
Update
A new Updraft blog will be posted around 10:20 a.m. with a look at Sunday and the week ahead.
Programming note
You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.
