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Showery Tuesday then more summer than September this week

A balmy air mass blows into Minnesota this week.

Twin Cities forecast at a glance
Twin Cities forecast at a glance.
Twin Cities NWS Office

It’s a showery Tuesday afternoon across much of southern Minnesota.

A weak front is sparking scattered showers and a few thunderstorms across the south. NOAA’s HRRR model shows the trend of spotty showers and thundershowers through Tuesday evening. The forecast model loop below runs between 2 p.m. Tuesday and midnight Wednesday.

NOAA HRRR model
NOAA HRRR model between 2 p.m. Tuesday and midnight Wednesday.
NOAA via tropical tidbits

Wednesday and the rest of the week bring dry skies with more sunshine and warmer temperatures. Highs Wednesday will reach the 70s across most of Minnesota with 60s in the east.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Wednesday.
NOAA

By Friday, temperatures will ramp up back to mid-summer levels. Highs will run well into the 80s in the south and west.

Forecast high temperatures Friday
Forecast high temperatures Friday.
NOAA

Our warming trend continues through the weekend into next week. NOAA’s temperatures outlooks strongly favor warmer than normal temperatures through most of next week.

NOAA 6 to 10-day temperature outlook
NOAA 6 to 10-day temperature outlook.
NOAA

Enjoy our summery encore.