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Mostly cloudy weekend; April snow facts

Mostly cloudy weekend; April snow facts

If gray is your favorite color, you’ll love this weekend. Mostly cloudy skies are expected over Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Saturday and Sunday. At least there aren’t any mosquitoes! Rain chances As we go through the weekend, a low pressure system will move slowly from southern Missouri to northern Illinois. The result will be a…
by Ron Trenda

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A new cloud; 40s through the weekend

A new cloud; 40s through the weekend

Thursday was World Meteorological Day. To help mark the event, the World Meteorological Association released an online version of their International Cloud Atlas: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its new, long-awaited, digitized International Cloud Atlas – the global reference for observing and identifying clouds, which are an essential part of weather, the climate system and the…
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Rainy pattern arrives, first 70 in sight?

Rainy pattern arrives, first 70 in sight?

April showers are here a week early. A slow moving low pressure storm slides south, dealing waves of showery weather. The bulk of the rain arrives overnight and Friday, but a few showers may linger this weekend. The heaviest rainfall still favors southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Twin Cities lies on the northern edge of the…
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Periods of rain this afternoon through Friday

Periods of rain this afternoon through Friday

Highs this weekend will be similar to Friday's high temperature with upper 40s in southern and central Minnesota; 50s return to southern Minnesota on Monday.
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Rain develops Thursday, 1″ to 2″+ possible south

Rain develops Thursday, 1″ to 2″+ possible south

April showers are pushing the season in Minnesota this year. A storm system taking shape in the Desert Southwest pools near Denver overnight and moves into the Plains Thursday. The slow moving low sends waves of rain into Minnesota Thursday and Friday. Model convergence? Forecast models have converged toward a more agreeable solution on the location of the heaviest…
by Paul Huttner

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Heavy rains likely Friday, but where?

Heavy rains likely Friday, but where?

Two forecast models show scattered rain in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities Thursday. But by Friday there are significant differences is the precise placement of the heavier rain band.
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84% of Minnesotans support renewable energy funding

84% of Minnesotans support renewable energy funding

If you live in Minnesota you probably support the idea of renewable energy research. You are also likely to believe that global warming is real, according to The Yale Project on Climate Communication. Beliefs and attitudes toward #globalwarming vary by region. Explore them in detail using our #climate opinion maps: https://t.co/0ZrX9iOqHH pic.twitter.com/57ZFuGTxIh — Yale Climate…
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Spring temperature speed bump now, rain by Thursday

Spring temperature speed bump now, rain by Thursday

Chilly, then wet. We'll probably see some 1 inch-plus totals across southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities by Saturday.
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Colder Tuesday; some rain on Thursday

Colder Tuesday; some rain on Thursday

We started astronomical Spring on a mild note, with highs in the 50s over much of central and southern Minnesota, and 40s over the most of the north. Duluth was able to reach 51 degrees Monday afternoon, and it looked like Spring outside the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center: We topped out at 56 degrees at Minneapolis-St.…
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