Weather and Climate News

Heavy rain potential returns Wednesday and Thursday. A warmer and more humid air mass pushes into Minnesota this week.
After a cool and rainy Sunday, we’re searching for warmer temps and a stretch of dry weather. High temperatures will rebound this week, but we’ll also see some periods of showers and thunderstorms. A planned upgrade, which will take the NWS radar in Chanhassen out of service, will start this Monday.
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Our Sunday weather will be less than ideal. We’ll have cool temperatures, with periods of rain in many locations. Temperatures recover this coming week, but we’ll see several bouts of showers and thunderstorms. Starting on Monday, the weather radar at the NWS Twin Cities office will be down due to an equipment upgrade.
Not your ideal Sunday weather; cool with periods of rain in many locations
Our Sunday will feature cool temps and periods of rain. An isolated thunderstorm is also possible in some areas. Warmer temps and some additional bouts of rain and thunder are in the forecast this coming week. We might even touch 80!
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