Winter storm warnings in northern Minnesota

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Drought hangs onto Minnesota with little change in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. Parts of southwestern Minnesota will see a little measurable light rain Thursday. Milder temperatures build back Friday into the weekend.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report, released Thursday, is largely unchanged from a week ago as dry conditions persist for most of Minnesota.

The only real change is the area of severe drought expanded from 15 percent to 16 percent of Minnesota. Extreme drought continues to grip much of the Twin Cites into south-central and southwestern Minnesota. 

Precipitation deficits are largely negative statewide for the autumn so far but are more mixed year to date:

Clouds have returned to Minnesota on the northern edge of a much larger storm system to our southwest.

It will be a big rain maker for the southern plains into the south, unfortunately not for Minnesota. Most of us will see a few sprinkles with perhaps up to one-tenth of an inch of light rain in southwestern Minnesota.

Sunshine and milder temperatures return Friday into the weekend. That mild air looks to stick around through the middle of next week before colder air arrives.

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Sven Sundgaard

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Drought hangs onto Minnesota with little change in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. Parts of southwestern Minnesota will see a little measurable light rain Thursday. Milder temperatures build back Friday into the weekend.


Drought hangs onto Minnesota with little change in the past week’s drought monitor. Parts of southwest Minnesota will see a little measurable light rain Thursday. Milder temperatures build back in Friday into the weekend.

Thursday sprinkles, then milder; drought keeps grip on Minnesota

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