The fall-like weather pattern with Clipper after Clipper continues on Friday, with a better chance of a brief soaking rain in the drought-impacted northern part of Minnesota.
If I were to pick one topic of concern, it’s this: There’s a surface drought which is what the drought monitor really covers. But there’s also a deep subsoil lack of moisture that has been in place for a long time. That’s a long-term drought.
The rest of Thursday is sunny but still on the cooler side. Another small system, a summery Alberta clipper, comes in for Friday. Rain then largely trends to our southwest on Saturday and Sunday with an active and cooler rain pattern ahead.
We’re in a sort of every-other-day pattern meaning Thursday is another mostly dry day after Wednesday’s rains. It will still be on the cool side of normal. Thunder is possible again Friday.
We have an unsettled Wednesday with occasional scattered showers and storms. Thursday will be mainly dry before another disturbance moves in Friday. Temperatures will remain cool.
Lingering showers and clouds will move out Tuesday morning, but more rain and thunder will develop for Wednesday and potentially this weekend. Temperatures will be cooler than normal, too.
A powerful June low-pressure bull’s-eye brewing in the Sierra rolls into the Upper Midwest fully by Wednesday. That pressure drop — and its needed rain — will be really noticeable later Monday.
After a breezy and pleasant weekend, a cooler weather pattern is expected to settle in across the region for much of the upcoming week. Several opportunities for rainfall are on the horizon with the most widespread chance arriving during the middle of the week.
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