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, you would hope we’d catch a break with some sunny dry weather for the Fourth of July holiday. But another wave of rain and thunderstorms looks likely for much of Minnesota Thursday. 

The silver lining? Wednesday looks glorious if you’re able to take advantage.

A few showers linger across parts of Minnesota into Tuesday evening. Wednesday brings bright blue skies and sunshine. Temperatures will feel summery for a change with highs in the 80s. (See the image above.)

Another low-pressure wave will ride across northern Iowa on Thursday. The strongest storms will favor Iowa, but storm clusters across southern Minnesota could produce some locally heavy rainfall on July Fourth.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere Dynamical Core model loop below shows the trend between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday. 

Forecast models show another inch or two of rain could fall by Friday morning across southern Minnesota. Here’s the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model rainfall output:

Locally heavy rainfall is possible Thursday across southern Minnesota. 

I hope the storm timing will work out for the fireworks displays on Thursday evening, but several models bring storms across southern Minnesota during the late evening Thursday. It may be hit or miss for some Thursday fireworks displays across southern Minnesota.

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Paul Huttner

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After the wettest April-June period on record, you would hope we’d catch a break with some sunny dry weather for the Fourth of July holiday. But another wave of rain and thunderstorms looks likely for much of Minnesota Thursday. 

NOAA

NOAA via pivotal weather 

European model (ECMWF) precipitation output

Beautiful Wednesday ahead; more rain likely on July 4

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