Isolated storms through the evening, stronger storms possible

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The Saturday afternoon high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 91 degrees. The average Twin Cities high temp is just 80 degrees on this date.

Much of Minnesota saw Saturday highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Northeastern Minnesota was cooler than that. Afternoon dew points reached the 70s in most of southern and central Minnesota, so heat index values either approached or exceeded 100 degrees in many locations.

An excessive heat warning continues into Saturday evening (until 9 p.m.) from south-central Minnesota through the Twin Cities metro area and in several counties to the west of the metro area. A heat advisory continues into early Saturday evening elsewhere in southern and central Minnesota and into west-central Wisconsin.

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

Sunday highs will be in the 70s in most of the northern half of Minnesota, with 80s to the south:

Far southeastern Minnesota could touch 90.

Monday highs return to the 90s in most of far southern Minnesota, with 80s into central Minnesota and 70s and 60s to the north:

Some spots in the metro area could touch 90 degrees Monday afternoon. 

Tuesday high temps reach the 90s in southern and central Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 90s on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by mid 90s Thursday and upper 80s on Friday.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 100-degree temperature somewhere in the Twin Cities metro area Wednesday afternoon.

Parts of west-central and central Minnesota could see a passing shower Saturday evening.

Portions of northwestern and north-central Minnesota could see a few scattered showers Sunday afternoon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential rain pattern from noon Sunday to 7 p.m. Sunday:

You can check these National Weather Service sites for updated weather info: 

Hurricane Hilary is now a category 2 hurricane, with max sustained winds of 110 mph. Hilary is headed toward the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico, and is expected to be a tropical storm when its center moves over far southern California Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.

Here’s the forecast track, plus the cone of uncertainty, for the center of Hurricane Hilary:

Here are potential rain totals for this weekend and into the start of next week:

Yellow-shaded areas are between 4 and 6 inches, with 6 to 10 inches of rain possible in the orange-shaded areas.

Portions of the Baja California Peninsula, southern California and southern Nevada are likely to see flooding from Hilary’s rains.

This is the Saturday afternoon update on Hilary, from the 

The National Hurricane Center will issue updates on Hilary every three hours or so.

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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Saturday was hot and humid, Sunday will be cooler and drier. Some serious heat is on tap for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Cooler Sunday, hot weather Tuesday and Wednesday

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