Updraft

Rainy days and Mondays. Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have periods of rain Monday into Monday evening, with a few embedded thunderstorms.

We’ve had several consecutive dry days, but rain is in the forecast. Areas of showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop in western Minnesota and spread eastward during the afternoon and evening hours. Most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see periods of rain with some embedded t-storms overnight Sunday night and on Monday.

Sunday will be breezy, with rain chances highest to the west. The Twin Cities metro area could see a shower or thunderstorm late Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening.

This has been a nice stretch of weather for Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Rain chances in the metro area hold off until late Sunday, but western Minnesota could see some showers as early as Sunday morning.

Saturday is the best day of the weekend. Many of us may pick up another inch of rain Sunday night and Monday.

We’ll see a lot of high temps in the 70s over the next few days, and rain chances hold off until late in the weekend. Our cooling bills are smaller this summer than last summer.

Somebody set Minnesota’s climate-control system to early September.

Highs in the 70s will be common for the first few days of the 2019 Minnesota State Fair. There isn’t any steamy weather in sight.

Doppler radars in Minnesota are getting a major upgrade. Duluth National Weather Service Doppler already getting upgrade; MSP upgrade begins Sept. 9.

Ideal State Fair weather for opening days with highs in the 70s.