Warmer & breezy tomorrow, rain & storms Friday into weekend

Good evening! Today was another gorgeous spring forecast with seasonable high temperatures despite a cold start this morning. Overnight lows are not as cold tonight as they have been the last couple nights. With temperatures in the low-40s tonight, and even mid-40s across west-central and southern Minnesota, frost concerns would be isolated for typical cool-spots and far northeastern Minnesota. Winds pick up tomorrow out of the southeast, with mostly sunny skies in the morning. You may notice some increasing cloud cover into the afternoon with isolated showers and storms possible late afternoon and evening across southwestern Minnesota.

One round of widespread rain and thunderstorms will move in on Friday. The best chance for any strong storms will be south of the Twin Cities, and some of those could have some large hail and strong winds. Rain and storms continue through the first half of Saturday, and then we still should get some dry time Saturday afternoon. With those dry hours, temperatures approach 70° in the Twin Cities. Another round of rain and thunderstorms moves in Sunday, with some severe storms possible in parts of northwest Wisconsin, and southern Minnesota. Those storms could have large hail and damaging wins. From Sunday through Monday morning, widespread rain totals of 1 to 2 inches are possible across most of Minnesota and Wisconsin.