Updraft®

Showers and storms with heavy rain will continue to sprawl across Minnesota well into Saturday night. Some storms could become severe. Scattered showers will linger for Sunday and Monday.

Showers and storms will continue to build across Minnesota for Saturday. Some storms could become severe.

Much-needed rain is on its way as a potent low-pressure system swirls into Minnesota. Periods of rain will likely reach all of Minnesota on Saturday and linger into Sunday.

One forecast model suggests anywhere from 2 to as much as 4 or 5 inches around much of Minnesota including parts of the greater Twin Cities area. Rain’s expected across some of the state’s most drought-stricken areas.

Friday’s forecast model runs are looking much better for a good soaking rainfall for most of Minnesota this weekend, including the greater Twin Cities area.

A large storm system will bring widespread rainfall over the weekend with the potential for severe storms Saturday in southwestern Minnesota. Friday’s forecast models indicate that the Twin Cities and eastern Minnesota may get heavier rainfall than was initially projected.

A large storm system will be bringing rain and even potentially severe weather to parts of Minnesota over the weekend. The heaviest rainfall looks likely west.

A slowly moving storm system may drop multi-inch rainfall in western Minnesota.

A continuous channel of extreme to exceptional drought now covers a zone from near Bemidji in the northwest, south along either side of the Mississippi River through the Twin Cities, then southward into southeastern Minnesota.

The latest drought monitor shows extreme and exceptional drought increasing across Minnesota. A slowly moving storm system could bring beneficial rains this weekend.