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Rain across southern Minnesota Friday will expand statewide into Friday night and early Saturday. Brighter and warmer conditions prevail Sunday and Monday into next week. 

Rain showers move through Friday into Friday night, then warming up 

Scattered rain showers will continue to develop and expand north and northeast slowly through the day Friday. Most showers will be spotty in eastern Minnesota until later in the day and overnight. Western and southwest Minnesota will see more steady rain showers. 

Rainfall totals will be heaviest as a result in western Minnesota with considerably lighter amounts in the eastern part of the state. Most rain looks to wrap up Saturday morning.

Temperatures will be cooler than normal again, especially in western Minnesota where temperatures likely will remain in the 50s.

Clouds will slowly decrease Saturday with the most sun breaking out in southwest Minnesota into the afternoon hours. As a result, temperatures will start warm up just a bit Saturday with highs ranging from near 70 in southern Minnesota to near 60 north.

Sunday and Memorial Day will see brighter skies and much warmer temperatures. Highs will warm into the 70s and even 80s for Monday. While some isolated thunder cannot be ruled out — especially Sunday night — most will remain mainly dry. 

Next week looks downright summerlike with highs in the 80s with potentially some 90-degree highs by mid to late week or next weekend.

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Sven Sundgaard

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Rain across southern Minnesota Friday will expand statewide into Friday night and early Saturday. Brighter and warmer conditions prevail Sunday and Monday into next week. 


Getting rain out of the way early in the weekend

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