While winter started wet thanks to December rainfall, the second half of winter became quite dry. The lack of snow cover has also allowed soils to become dry.
A system is clipping southeast Minnesota with rain and snow showers Friday. The rest of the state will be cooler with decreasing clouds ahead of a sun-filled weekend.
A few rain and snow showers are possible Thursday into early Friday. It will be cooler Friday and Saturday before warming back up next week, but we should see lots of weekend sunshine.
While southern Minnesota sees a bit of a warm up and more sunshine, northern Minnesota will see rain and snow develop. A red flag warning is in place for west-central and southwestern Minnesota.
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