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It’s another afternoon of scattered thunderstorms around parts of Minnesota. The storms that bubble up in the heat of the day are packing local downpours, lightning, thunder, gusty winds and possibly small hail as they drift slowly southwest. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Research and Forecasting  model shows a few more blips drifting through between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday:

Expect scattered cells into Wednesday evening.

Our weather dries up and heats up as we move toward the weekend. Highs Thursday and Friday under mainly sunny skies will reach the mid to upper 80s across much of Minnesota.

Temperatures ramp up another notch this weekend. Highs Saturday and Saturday will reach the 90s across much of southern and western Minnesota. 

With dew points in the 70s to possibly near 80 degrees Sunday afternoon, heat index values could reach 100 degrees across much of southern Minnesota. 

Here’s NOAA’s Global Forecast System model heat index output for 4 p.m. Sunday:

Note the cooler numbers near your favorite Great Lake up north.

A few scattered storms are possible in parts of northern Minnesota this weekend.

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Paul Huttner

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It’s another day of scattered storms around Minnesota. The season’s first 90s for the Twin Cities are likely this weekend. 

Scattered thunderstorms again Wednesday afternoon; season's first 90s this weekend

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