Lingering clouds Wednesday, then warmer and more showers Thursday

After a few morning showers, clouds will mostly linger across southern Minnesota Wednesday. Thursday will bring warmer temperatures, but also the chance at more showers. 

Lingering clouds but mainly dry much of Wednesday before more showers develop 

We picked up some decent rainfall Tuesday and Tuesday night across southern Minnesota. Areas like Rochester picked up about 1 inch of rainfall and even some southern suburbs saw 0.50 to 0.80 inches. Unfortunately areas that need the rain the most — northern Minnesota — saw little measurable rainfall.

Southern Minnesota will have some spotty showers early, but most of us will be dry most of Wednesday. We’ll have lingering clouds most of the day in southern Minnesota. Look for a few peeks of afternoon sun. Northern Minnesota will see more in the way of sunshine. Afternoon highs will be mostly in the 50s.

The next system will bring in warmer air ahead of it and even a little afternoon sunshine potentially Thursday. Afternoon highs will be in the 70s across southern Minnesota Thursday. Friday will see similar high temperatures in the 70s.

We’ll also see more scattered showers develop later Wednesday night into Thursday morning across southern Minnesota. Those showers will then lift north Thursday afternoon allowing for some sunny breaks to the south. More showers will develop Friday morning as a cool front moves through with the system. 

Most rainfall will be north, following close to the low center Thursday into Friday. Far northern Minnesota may be a beneficiary of some of this rainfall, but southern Minnesota will see lighter amounts.

The weekend looks great right now with clearing skies Saturday and sunshine Sunday. Highs will be pretty typical of mid-October in the 50s and low 60s.