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Rain will interfere with some of our outdoor plans today, but the rain will help reduce rainfall deficits in many parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa.

northern Nebraska Sunday morning is delivering  rain to much of central and southern Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin and Iowa. The low pressure system will move slowly east-northeastward Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, spinning additional bands of rain across much of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Sunday wind gusts will be in the 30 mph to 45 mph range in much of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Parts of Iowa will see some thunderstorms Sunday and Sunday evening, and a few scattered thunderstorms are also possible in the southern half of Minnesota plus parts of Wisconsin.

Periods of rain are expected Monday in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with the rain becoming more scattered in southern Minnesota by Monday afternoon.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale Forecast System model shows the potential precipitation pattern from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday:

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

Cloudy to mostly cloudy skies are expected over Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the partial solar eclipse Monday afternoon. Here’s the timing of Monday’s partial solar eclipse over the Twin Cities:

NOAA’s simulated cloud cover for noon to 3 p.m. Monday looks like this:

Based on a blend of several cloud cover forecasts for Monday afternoon, the total solar eclipse could be viewable from northern Arkansas into southeastern Missouri and far southern Illinois plus Indiana, northwestern Ohio and northern portions of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine:

Note that the cloudiest areas in the forecast graphic above are depicted as shades of blue.

The average Twin Cities high temperature is 53 degrees on April 7.  Many locations in Minnesota saw their Sunday high temperature before sunrise. The Twin Cities high temp for today will probably be the 47-degree reading at 2 a.m. Sunday.

Sunday afternoon temperatures will be in the 40s across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin, with some 50s in far northwestern Minnesota and parts of north-central Minnesota.

Monday highs will be in the 50s in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area, with 40s in central and northern Minnesota:

Tuesday high temps will be mainly in the 50s, with some 40s in northeastern Minnesota:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to be in the mid 60s Wednesday, then around 60 degrees on Thursday and Friday. The metro area will have a shot at upper 60s to around 70 next weekend.

Above-normal temperatures could linger beyond next weekend, into the beginning of the following week. Here’s the April 12 through April 18 temperature outlook from the NWS Climate Prediction Center:

April was the snowiest month of the 2017-2018 snow season in the Twin Cities, with 26.1 inches of snow.

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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Periods of rain are expected Sunday into Monday morning. We take a look at the the cloud forecast for Monday’s solar eclipse.

Periods of rain Sunday into Monday; cloud forecast for Monday's solar eclipse

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