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Storm chances return for Monday with typical July temperatures

Marginal severe risk statewide with threats of wind and hail

Severe weather threat for Monday
Severe weather threat for Monday
NOAA via Storm Prediction Center

Following the holiday weekend, a marginal risk for severe weather is in place for Monday as thunderstorms are expected to develop across the state. The primary threats will be damaging wind gusts and hail, with temperatures remaining near average for early July.

Sunday night will be mainly clear, with low temperatures falling into the upper 50s to low 60s.

Lows for Sunday night
Lows for Sunday night
National Weather Service

Severe risk for Monday

The Storm Prediction Center has placed the state under a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe weather Monday, as thunderstorms return to the forecast.

Severe weather threat for Monday
Severe weather threat for Monday
NOAA via Storm Prediction Center

A surface cold front pushing in from the Dakotas will trigger showers and thunderstorms across the northwestern and western parts of the state by Monday afternoon and evening.

As these storms track eastward, they’ll encounter decreasing instability, likely weakening into more typical, garden-variety thunderstorms.

Forecast precipitation Monday 7 a.m. to Tuesday 7 a.m.
Forecast precipitation Monday 7 a.m. to Tuesday 7 a.m.
NOAA via Pivotal Weather

Some storms may linger in eastern Minnesota into early Tuesday morning. Another round of isolated showers and storms is possible Tuesday afternoon.

Temperatures will stay seasonable in the upper 70s to lower 80s, with comfortable dew points continuing through the period.

Highs for Monday
Highs for Monday
National Weather Service

Our air quality on Monday is forecasted to be in the moderate (yellow) category due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.

Air quality forecast for Monday
Air quality forecast for Monday
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Temperatures will stay seasonal at the start of the work week, but warmer air will build in from the west, bringing stickier dew points by week’s end.

Temperatures Tuesday through Friday
Temperatures Tuesday through Friday
NOAA via College of DuPage Weather

Thunderstorm chances will increase Thursday into Friday as another weather system moves in

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