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Occasional showers and thunderstorms Friday into the weekend

Significant rainfall totals are likely through Sunday night

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Satellite and radar snapshot as of 8 a.m. Friday morning shows a large area of moisture across the central United States.
College of DuPage weather lab

Updated 9 a.m.

The first of two waves of rain and thunder is moving through Minnesota Friday. Another wave of rainfall develops Sunday. There’s a marginal risk of severe weather in far southern Minnesota.

A wet, stormy weekend in store

Showers and thunderstorms are marching across Minnesota Friday into Friday night. Expect occasional scattered areas of rain and some thunderstorms.

We should see a midday break in the Twin Cities before more showers, storms move in late afternoon and evening into the overnight. Most rainfall lifts into primarily northern Minnesota Saturday. 

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Forecast precipitation through 7 a.m. Saturday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Pivotal Weather

Gusty winds will prevail through Sunday at 15-30 mph. Expect higher gusts in western Minnesota and near Lake Superior.

There is a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) of severe storms for far southern Minnesota late Friday into Saturday night. The risk is mainly from severe storms that could hold together moving out of Iowa into southern Minnesota. 

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Severe weather outlook for Friday into Friday night
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

We’ll see a widespread half inch to 1 inch of rainfall with this first round Friday into Saturday.

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Forecast rainfall through Saturday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

For those of us that get a mainly dry break Saturday, temperatures will warm into the 60s and even low 70s in southeastern Minnesota. Rain-cooled northern Minnesota will remain in the 40s and 50s.

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Forecast highs Saturday
National Weather Service

A second, more significant wave of rainfall develops Sunday into Sunday night.

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Forecast precipitation 10 p.m. Saturday through 1 p.m. Monday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Saturday into Saturday night could again bring a marginal risk of severe storms for mostly southeastern Minnesota.

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Severe weather outlook Saturday into Saturday night
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Rainfall totals could come in over 2 inches for some areas in central and southern Minnesota and up the North Shore Friday into Monday.

Temperatures next week warm to consistently above-normal levels after Monday. 

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Forecast total rainfall through Monday
NOAA, via Pivotal Weather

Next week will then be warmer with highs approaching 70 Tuesday in southern Minnesota.

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Forecast highs Tuesday
National Weather Service

It’ll still be somewhat active, however, with the next chance of rain, thunder late Tuesday and the again late Wednesday into Thursday.