Heavy snow and difficult travel expected again, heaviest snow in southern Minnesota

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A very slow moving low pressure system is slowly progressing across the northern portions of the state. Mainly cloudy skies continue with some filtered sunshine working it’s way into southern portions of the state, away from the low pressure. 

Our rain chances continue into Friday, but will become more isolated in nature. We can expect just pop up showers and storms early and then redevelopment Friday afternoon. Severe weather is not anticipated. 

High temperatures for Friday will be slightly cooler in the mid to upper 70s, and even chillier for the arrowhead region in the upper 60s with more showers and cloud cover. 

As high pressure builds out west, and the low exits east, we will see an increase in our northwesterly winds on Friday.  

High pressure will continue to build in over the Great Lakes region this weekend and continue into early next week. Look for temperatures around our seasonal average in the upper 70s to low 80s, with little to no chance for precipitation. 

Our 6-10 temperature outlook shows us trending above normal on our temperatures as we get closer to the start of the Minnesota State Fair. 

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Mandy Thalhuber

Author

A low pressure center continues to move very slowly across northern Minnesota. Ongoing scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder are possible for Thursday night. Temperatures remain slightly below our average to end the work week. 

Partial sunshine with scattered showers; quiet weekend ahead

Radar simulation for Thursday night til noon Friday

NOAA via Tropical Tidbits

Cloud cover Thursday night through Friday evening

NOAA via College of DuPage Weather

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Wind speeds Friday morning through Saturday morning

High temperatures Saturday through Sunday

Partial sunshine with scattered showers; quiet weekend ahead

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