Another wintry storm Friday

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Friday will be hot again south but cooler north. Isolated thunderstorms are possible. Seventies spread statewide Saturday and Sunday with cool nights ahead.

A rather lackluster cool front will try to touch off a few showers and thunderstorms Friday as it moves across Minnesota but for most it will pass quietly.

What storms do develop could see become severe. There’s a marginal (level 1 of 5) risk of severe weather forecast Friday evening for some areas.

Ahead of the cool front it will again be hot in the upper 80s to near 90 south but 70s north. Saturday and Sunday will bring a pleasant breath of fresh air with highs in the 70s.

Overnight lows will be in the 40s and 50s Saturday and Sunday nights.

The models hint at more heat returning next week. Highs will be well into the 80s if not flirting with 90 for some.

Latest drought monitor sees little change

The latest drought monitor shows little change since last week. Nine percent of Minnesota is in drought, down from 10 percent last week and severe drought is down from 2 percent of Minnesota to just 1 percent and encompasses entirely the southwest metro.

There were major variations in summer precipitation across the Twin Cities area. August replenished many rain gauges in the east metro where summer totals got up to nearly 11 inches for some (12.98 inches is normal). 

The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and most southwestern suburbs were not that lucky. The total at the airport was only 6.58 inches for the summer, just 51 percent of the normal total.

I discussed this a couple of days ago and Friday’s the day where Death Valley could tie or break its all-time September temperature record, 125 degrees (set in 2020). Excessive heat warnings blanket much of California and the southwest as a heat wave continues into the weekend.

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Friday will be hot again south but cooler north. Isolated thunderstorms are possible; 70. Seventies spread statewide Saturday and Sunday with cool nights ahead.

We’ve got another hot day Friday with highs in the upper 80s south, but cooler in the north with 70s. That cool front will touch off just isolated showers Friday. Seasonable temperatures, back in the 70s spread statewide for Saturday and Sunday.

Cooler weekend follows a hot Friday; MN drought conditions ease a bit

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