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Several Minnesota communities picked up more than two inches of rain.

Sunday still looks like the brightest and driest day of the weekend. We have the weekend weather details for you.

Scattered showers will continue Friday for much of Minnesota with peeks of sunshine in between. High temperatures will be cooler, in the low to mid 70s statewide. Saturday will be drier and Sunday will yield brighter skies.

Clouds and showers will continue to rotate around an area of low pressure moving across Minnesota Friday. Temperatures will be cooler with the cloud cover, primarily in the low to mid 70s for afternoon highs. The weekend should be gradually drier and brighter.

Scattered strong storms have the potential for heavy rainfall.

Some of us might be dodging occasional showers and thunderstorms on Saturday, then Sunday looks dry. We have your weekend forecast details.

Parts of Minnesota’s North Shore saw enough breaks in the clouds to see both lightning and northern lights at once overnight Wednesday night.

After some incredible isolated downpours Wednesday, Thursday will bring more showers and thunder, especially later in the day. Clouds and occasional showers will keep temperatures cooler Friday.

We’ll see an increase in the number and frequency of showers and thunderstorms across much of Minnesota late Thursday. We’ll still squeeze out a high temperature near 80 in the south between showers with peeks of sun.

A strong solar storm could trigger northern lights overnight.