Morning sunshine, with p.m. scattered storms tracking west to east

What a gorgeous Wednesday forecast we’ve had across the Upper Midwest! Temperatures tonight are a little warmer than last night with lows in the mid-50s across most of central and southern Minnesota. Frost is again possible tonight across the North Shore into tomorrow morning.

Your Thursday forecast starts out with mostly sunny skies for most of Minnesota, the exception being far western Minnesota. Scattered showers and storms are possible tomorrow morning and especially afternoon across western Minnesota. Isolated strong to severe storms are possible tomorrow afternoon and evening across southwestern Minnesota with damaging winds and hail being the primary threats.

While showers and storms don’t reach the Twin Cities until tomorrow night, we do cloud over west to east into tomorrow afternoon. Given the cloudier Thursday afternoon forecast, temperatures should top off in the mid-70s. Also winds are breezy tomorrow out of the southeast, so I don’t anticipate tomorrow’s warmer temperatures feeling much warmer than today felt.

Scattered rain and non-severe storms are likely Thursday overnight into Friday. While Friday does trend cloudier with scattered rain and storms, it doesn’t look like a washout. Most of central and southern Minnesota could see 0.25-0.75″ of rainfall, with higher amounts where we have a stronger storm or two.

Your Saturday forecast is mostly dry, with just the slight chance for a spotty shower Up North. Sunday’s chance for scattered storms late in the day looks likely, with a few strong storms possible. With temperatures back into low-80s Sunday into next week, we’ll have summer-like warmth and the chance for strong to severe storms at times (especially late Sunday and late Tuesday).

Have a wonderful night!

Wren