Prompts winter weather advisories as cold air moves in Friday night

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Into each life, some rain must fall, and we’ve had plenty this spring.

Our next wave of scattered spring showers and a few embedded thunderstorms slides east through Minnesota through Friday. The frontal system is producing showers and a few storms in western Minnesota late Thursday and will gradually slide east through Friday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 

 shows a few waves of rain and some thunder through Friday. The forecast model loop at the top of this post runs between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Saturday.

The heaviest rainfall zone with this system through Friday favors parts of central and southern Minnesota. 

NOAA’s Global Forecast System model lays out areas of one-half inch of rainfall with a swath of 1 to 2 inches through central Minnesota just north of the Twin Cities: 

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model lays out a band of 1 to 2 inches across the Twin Cities area through Friday:

Warmer air will filter into Minnesota this weekend. A slight storm chance favors Saturday night, with a more likely deluge Sunday night. 

Highs Saturday will run mostly in the 70s to near 80 degrees in the south:

Highs Sunday will push into the 80s in southern Minnesota:

Dew points will climb into the sticky 60s on Sunday. Get ready to feel some summerlike warmth and humidity.

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Paul Huttner

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European model (ECMWF) precipitation output

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