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Thursday and Friday will be just about picture-perfect days for late August. Warmer, more humid air arrives for the weekend along with spotty thunder chances. 

Beautiful couple of days before muggy air and storm chances return

It’ll be hard to beat the weather of Thursday and Friday. We’ll have lots of sun Thursday with highs in the 70s to low 80s for most of the state along with light winds, thanks to high pressure. 

Look for a cool overnight with temperatures dipping into the 50s and 40s north. In fact, some spots on the Iron Range may slip into the 30s. 

Friday will be a few degrees warmer but still comfortable. Some high clouds will begin to drive in later in the afternoon ahead of a disturbance for Friday night.

Some spotty storms look possible Friday night into early Saturday. It’ll be the first of a few chances over the weekend into early next week. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like a large-scale, soaking rain, but some will get lucky with downpours from some thunderstorms.

The weekend will also be warmer and more muggy. Dew points will climb back into the 60s to even near 70 degrees. Afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 80s for the Twin Cities and much of southern Minnesota once again. 

We’ll likely have some additional thunder chances Saturday night and perhaps Sunday nights as well. 

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Sven Sundgaard

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Thursday and Friday will be just about picture-perfect days for late August. Warmer, more humid air arrives for the weekend along with spotty thunder chances. 


Beautiful couple of days before muggy air and storm chances return

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