Friday will be mainly dry and partly cloudy. It will be breezy still. Warmer air moves in for the weekend with highs well into the 70s for many. Showers and thunderstorms develop Monday.
April 12 is the second anniversary of the EF2 tornado that destroyed the roughly 60-person town of Taopi, Minn. Mayor Mary Huntley said most of the displaced families are now back.
East-central Minnesota is no longer considered abnormally dry thanks to soaking rains early this week. The North Shore is out of moderate drought but drought hangs on in north-central and southeastern Minnesota.
Spotty, pop-up showers will be around the state Thursday. It will be cooler — mostly in the 50s — with winds increasing to 15-30 mph from the northwest. Warm air returns this weekend.
Canada’s emergency preparedness minister warned Wednesday the country’s wildfire season could be more explosive than last year when it led to unprecedented smoke conditions across much of the country and into the United States.
We’ll have sunshine much of the day and warmer temperatures Wednesday. Spotty showers will develop west and north later in the day. Thursday will be cooler with a few showers.
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