Rounds of rain and strong wind tonight into early Saturday

Here’s your Thursday evening forecast for October 12, 2023 from Minnesota’s Weather Authority and Meteorologist Wren Clair.

Good evening! We’re seeing rainfall across central and southern Minnesota this evening, with heavy rain likely at times now through Friday night. The rainfall is the heaviest overnight tonight through tomorrow evening. Rainfall tapers overnight Friday into Saturday morning, with a few spotty lighter showers Saturday morning. Rainfall totals look to reach 1″-3″ for central and southern Minnesota by the time the rain ends Saturday. Northern Minnesota won’t see nearly as much rainfall as the rest of the state, and there will be a sharp cutoff in rainfall totals along and north of a line from about Fergus Falls to Brainerd to Rice Lake. Isolated non-severe thunderstorms are possible tonight into Friday. High temperatures tomorrow are mainly in the upper-40s, so with rain and wind, it’ll be a pretty raw Friday forecast.

Winds are strong tonight through Friday night, with wind gusts overnight into Friday up to 40-50 mph. Winds lighten overnight Friday into Saturday, but Saturday still looks to be a bit breezy. Most of the weekend forecast is dry, and highs are back in the mid-50s.

Have a wonderful rest of your week!