Summery Saturday, cooler with rain likely Sunday

Almost 80 percent of Minnesota is in drought right now, so we could use some rain.

Spotty showers are moving through parts of eastern and far southwestern Minnesota this morning. An isolated thunderstorm is also possible. West-central Wisconsin also has a chance of a shower/isolated thunderstorm this morning.

By this afternoon, shower and thunderstorm chances will be highest in west-central and southwestern Minnesota. The rain coverage expands slowly eastward overnight.

Far southwestern Minnesota (shaded yellow) could see some scattered severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, based on the latest severe weather outlook from the NWS Storm Prediction Center:

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NWS Storm Prediction Center

The dark-green shaded area could see an isolated severe thunderstorm Saturday afternoon and Saturday night.

Periods of rain and a few embedded thunderstorms are likely for much of Minnesota plus parts of western Wisconsin on Sunday.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network. Also check out the MPR News display of National Weather Service radar.

How much rain?

The best chance of two-inch or higher weekend rainfall totals appears to be in west-central Minnesota plus southwestern and south-central Minnesota.

Southeastern Minnesota, the Twin Cities metro area and portions of central Minnesota could see between one inch and 1.5 inches of rain. The bulk of the rainfall in the Twin Cities metro area will be on Sunday.