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High pressure brings sunshine Tuesday ahead of late-week thunder chances
High pressure brings abundant sunshine for Tuesday into the start of Wednesday. We’re still tracking hopeful rain, thunder chances for Wednesday night into Thursday, Friday.
Tracking stormy weather's return later week
Rain was really split across the state last weekend. We have a more active rainy pattern ahead from late this Wednesday until Friday.
Spotty showers Monday with better chances later this week
The pattern remains very warm with temperatures averaging 5 to 10 degrees above normal through the week. We’ll have spotty showers Monday with better chances later in the week.
Rainy start to meteorological summer; summer-like temperatures persist
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms continuing through Monday before a more organized rain event arrives later in the week. Temperatures running warm through start of June.
Warm week ahead with opportunities for rainfall
Clouds will be a bit more noticeable across the southern two-thirds of Minnesota on Sunday, along with increasing chances for rain. Areas of beneficial showers are expected through the day, bringing some much-needed relief to our increasingly dry landscape.
Summer-like warmth holds strong through the start of meteorological summer
Little change is expected in Minnesota's weather pattern as we head into Sunday. Warm temperatures and periodic chances for showers and thunderstorms will continue, with the greatest rain chances remaining across portions of western and southern Minnesota.
Warm weekend forecast; spotty showers remain west
Warm temperatures will stick around through the weekend, with only spotty showers in western Minnesota. More widespread rain could arrive by midweek, offering some relief to drought conditions.
Twin Cities air quality alert Friday; heat builds back next week
We’re tracking a few isolated rounds of rain later Friday into early Saturday, then again later next Wednesday, but the drought could slightly expand into next week.
Warmer-than-normal temperatures continue to dominate
Temperatures will average 10 to 15 degrees above normal this weekend and into next week. Some rain and thunder chances will sneak into mainly western Minnesota Friday and this weekend.
Minnesota's dry and getting drier in the coming weeks
We have a mostly hotter and drier forecast in the coming days, which will likely mean that drought expands even more by next week. For many, however, the forecast is a warm and beautiful opportunity to get outside.