Cooler but still well above normal this week

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Rain will fall across southern Minnesota while northern Minnesota sees sunshine Thursday. Sun will return nearly statewide Friday, but colder air and snow showers move in for the weekend.

A system centered well south of Minnesota Thursday is bringing some needed rainfall across far southern Minnesota, overlapping with areas of severe and extreme drought. 

Showers will persist much of the day and possibly mix with snow late in the day into Thursday night. Some lucky spots could receive more than one-half inch in total of rainfall.

Portions of central Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, west to Willmar or so will see highs back in the mid-50s where conditions remain dry with a mix of clouds and sun. 

Sunshine is back Friday across most of Minnesota, although clouds will increase again later in the day to the north. Highs will still be mild, near 50 south with 40s and 30s north. 

The weekend will start to bring colder air, wind and some sprinkles and snow showers thanks to a clipper system diving south.

In fact, northern Minnesota could see some fresh snowfall accumulation of up to 1 or 2 inches in spots.

Highs Saturday will still be relatively mild but Sunday and Monday will bring colder and below-normal temperatures. Highs will be in just the 20s north and 30s south. Overnight lows will dip into the teens for northern Minnesota. 

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Sven Sundgaard

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Rain will fall across southern Minnesota while northern Minnesota sees sunshine Thursday. Sun will return nearly statewide Friday, but colder air and snow showers move in for the weekend. 

Rain south, sun north Thursday with colder air this weekend

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