Warmer and brighter on Monday; a look a thunderstorm chances this week
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Soaking rains covered most of Minnesota Sunday morning, and the rain lingered over northeastern Minnesota until late afternoon.
The official rainfall tally at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 1.16 inches.
A new July 1 rainfall record was set at St. Cloud:
The big picture looked like this:
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Just before the rain began to taper off in the Twin Cities, wind gusts really picked up:
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
137 PM CDT Sun Jul 1 2018
...Highest Wind Gusts...
Showers with gusty winds moved through east central Minnesota
around midday. Wind gusts of 40 MPH or greater are listed below.
Location Speed Time/Date Provider
Mankato AP 53 MPH 1008 AM 07/01 AWOS
Eden Prairie Flying Cld AP 52 MPH 1221 PM 07/01 ASOS
Minneapolis-St. Paul AP 49 MPH 1209 PM 07/01 ASOS
St. Paul Dwtn AP 48 MPH 1229 PM 07/01 ASOS
Prior Lake 2WSW 45 MPH 1125 AM 07/01 CWOP
South St. Paul AP 45 MPH 1235 PM 07/01 AWOS
Lake Elmo AP 44 MPH 1243 PM 07/01 AWOS
Lakeville AP 44 MPH 1155 AM 07/01 AWOS
Jordan 6E 41 MPH 1134 AM 07/01 CWOP
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered
official.
There were some spotty reports of tree branches down, and this report of trees blown down around 12:21 p.m. in Savage, Minnesota:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
301 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1221 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SAVAGE 44.76N 93.36W
07/01/2018 SCOTT MN PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA TWITTER. A FEW LARGE PINE TREES
UP TO 12" IN DIAMETER, AND A BROAD LEAF TREE
ABOUT 15" IN DIAMETER WERE DOWNED BY GUSTY
WINDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HANREHAN LAKE
BLVD AND RIVER CROSSING. TIME ESTIMATED BY
PEAK WIND GUST REPORTED AT FLYING CLOUD
AIRPORT.
Drier and much more pleasant weather is on tap for Monday.
Temperature trends
Monday highs are expected to range from the lower 80s in the far north to upper 80s in the south:
Twin Cities highs are expected to reach the upper 80s Monday and Tuesday, followed by lower 90s on the 4th of July. Mid to upper 80s are on tap for Thursday and Friday.
Thunderstorm chances
Scattered thunderstorms are expected this Sunday evening in northwestern Minnesota, and a few of those could continue eastward across northern Minnesota overnight.
Updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio Network, and updates are also posted on the MPR News live weather blog.
West-central Minnesota could see scattered thunderstorms late Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Roughly the northern half of our state will have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight Monday night into early Tuesday.
It's very hard to predict thunderstorms three to four days in advance, but computer models are showing a thunderstorm chance on Wednesday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern for Wednesday and Wednesday evening:
The color chart to the right of the loop refers to the strength of the signal that returns to the radar, not to the amount of rain.
It’ll probably rain in some areas that look dry in the loop, and stay dry in some areas where rain is shown.
It's interesting that the NAM model has the best chance of rain in the north early on Wednesday, with the best chance of rain shifting to the south later in the day.
We'll keep you updated on the Wednesday forecast as we get closer.
I hope that you have a great week!