Another wintry storm Friday

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Heavy rainfall is in the air for parts of northeast Minnesota through Friday.

Our slow-moving soggy weather system is focusing the heaviest rainfall zone across northeast Minnesota. More spotty coverage brings a chance of occasional rain and thunder to the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota through this weekend.

 continues through Friday for much of Lake and Cook counties in northeast Minnesota.

Rainfall totals between one and four inches are possible in the rain zone up north.

For the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota, rain and thunder coverage will be more spotty through the weekend.

NOAA’s NAM 3 km model gives you the notion of widely scattered cells in southern Minnesota into the weekend. Heavier rain cells focus on northern Minnesota and southern Canada. The loop below runs until 1 a.m. Sunday.

Temperatures through this weekend will feel more summer than September across most of Minnesota. Highs will be near 80 degrees in the south, with 70s central and north.

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Paul Huttner

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Heavy rainfall potential for northeast Minnesota through Friday.

Flood watch for northeast Minnesota; spotty rain coverage for the Twin Cities.

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