Wintry mix Thursday night, another storm Friday

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Much of west-central, southwestern and south-central Minnesota have rain this Saturday morning, with some embedded thunderstorms. Those same areas will see the steadiest and heaviest rain today and tonight. 

Intermittent showers and a few embedded t-storms are possible elsewhere in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota plus western Wisconsin today and tonight.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s High-Resolution Rapid-Refresh model shows the potential rain pattern from noon Saturday to 11 p.m. Saturday:

The ground is already soggy in parts of southern Minnesota and additional significant rain could cause areas of flash flooding. A flood watch continues Saturday and through Saturday night for the counties that are shaded green:

You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News 

. You can also check the following National Weather Service sites for updated weather info: 

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 68 degrees on May 13. Twin Cities metro area highs are forecast to be slightly above 70 on Saturday. Northern Minnesota will see a lot of 70s Saturday afternoon, with mainly 60s to the south and also in northwestern Wisconsin:

Portions of southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin will reach the lower 70s. There will be some 50s near Lake Superior.

It’ll be breezy today, with gusts of 25 to 30 mph possible. Higher gusts can be expected near any thunderstorms that develop.

A new Updraft will be posted around 10:20 a.m. and will include a look at Sunday and the week ahead.

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.

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Ron Trenda

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The heaviest, steadiest rain on Saturday will be in southern Minnesota, where there is a flood watch. Intermittent rain is expected elsewhere.

Rain at times Saturday, t-storms in some areas; Flood watch much of southern Minn.

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