Weather and Climate News

Drought gradually eases around Minnesota
Heavy rainfall in much of central and northeast Minnesota in the past 30-days has eased drought somewhat.
Southern Minnesota sees a few showers Thursday, then a much more potent storm targets northern Minnesota with heavy rain over the weekend.
A change in the weather pattern that has already brought more clouds to eastern Minnesota will now bring a few rain showers into the state.
Another shot at 80 degrees by Saturday
Yet another surge of warm air is heading for southern Minnesota.
Morning fog eases but clouds increase on Wednesday as high pressure across Minnesota starts to shift. By Thursday, a few rain showers return and at least some part of Minnesota will then get showers or storms every day through the weekend.
Winds from the southeast helped keep denser areas of fog from forming for much of Minnesota Wednesday morning, but that same flow does bring in a few more clouds.