Friday and Sunday storms rolling through Minnesota
Break from rain much of Saturday; more rain, thunderstorms Sunday
Scattered rain and thunderstorms roam Minnesota into early Saturday morning. It’s the first of two separate storms rolling through Minnesota through Sunday. By the time system No. 2 pulls out Sunday night, much of Minnesota will have picked up 1 to 2 inches of rainfall.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km model shows the rain cells swirling around the first low-pressure system Friday night, then a break Saturday followed by the second storm rolling in Sunday.
We catch a break in the rain most of Saturday across Minnesota, but skies will remain mostly cloudy between systems. Temperatures will range from near 50 degrees in the northwest to 70 degrees in the southeast.
Nebraska tornado outbreak
We’ve been lucky that the severe risk has been mainly south of Minnesota with this system.
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As of this post time on Friday afternoon, at least 25 preliminary tornado reports are in from Nebraska.
Tornado damage has been confirmed just northwest of Omaha in Elkhorn, Neb.
Next week looks slightly warmer. Highs will reach 70 degrees in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota on Tuesday.
Highs most of next week will be in the 60s across southern Minnesota with some 50s north. Right now I don't see any rapid warmup in sight just yet. But it’s coming.