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Rainy Saturday afternoon and evening; clearing on Sunday

Rainy Saturday afternoon and evening; clearing on Sunday

In contrast to October’s reputation as often a rather dry month, widespread rain and thunderstorms will break out Saturday across much of the middle of the country. Flash flooding due to heavy rain is possible later today from northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana to Lower Michigan. Severe storms today? The convective outlook from the Storm…
by Bill Endersen

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A Friday sprinkle chance; periods of rain Saturday and Saturday night

A Friday sprinkle chance; periods of rain Saturday and Saturday night

Happy Friday the 13th! You’ll be happy to know that there isn’t anything scary in our forecast. October changes October is a big transition month in Minnesota. The sun angle is lowering each day, and our hours of daylight shorten. In the Twin Cities metro area, our average high temperature starts the month at 65…
by Ron Trenda

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A new name for Indian summer?

A new name for Indian summer?

What should we call those last balmy days of autumn?
by Paul Huttner

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