Weather

Heating up Friday into the weekend with spotty storm chances
Steamy air pushes back into Minnesota Friday, especially to the west. The weekend will be hot and humid with some spotty storm chances, especially Sunday night into Monday. 
After a pleasant Thursday, temperatures and dew points will ramp up for the weekend. Gusty winds and temperatures in the 90s are in the forecast. The next chance for thunderstorms arrives late Sunday.
Sunny, warmer Thursday. Hot, humid air moves in this weekend
Thursday will be beautiful and mostly sunny. Heat and humidity push back in Friday into next week with highs occasionally near 90. The next thunder chance comes late Sunday. 
Hot and dry weather on its way after wet start to the week
MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner has the outlook for the rest of the month and the rainfall totals from a summer that has been soggy so far.