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Scattered showers will fall across northern and western Minnesota Thursday. Some activity will drift into the rest of the state Thursday night. The weekend will be hot and humid.

Scattered showers into Thursday night; steamy weekend

An upper-level disturbance is developing scattered showers and a few thunderstorms for northern and western Minnesota Thursday. 

One or two showers could drift into the Twin Cities and eastern Minnesota in the afternoon, but most activity will hold off until Thursday night and into early Friday in the east. 

Highs Thursday will remain comfortable, mostly in the 70s statewide due to the clouds and showers west and north. 

Rainfall amounts with this system will be generally light for most, below one-quarter inch. The heaviest rainfall looks most likely in west-central Minnesota where some places could see one-half to 1 inch with very isolated, locally higher amounts.

Humid air returns Friday as clouds decrease with highs near 80 for most. Dew points will peak Sunday into the very humid 70s for much of central and southern Minnesota. 

Temperatures will crank up into the mid to upper 80s Saturday and peak Sunday and Monday with highs near 90 across the southern half of the state.

Both Saturday and Sunday look dry with partly cloudy skies. The first of a couple cool fronts moves through Sunday night into Monday, potentially touching off isolated thunder in the north and west especially. 

Temperatures will be much cooler late next week as another blast of more potent cool air moves in Thursday into Friday.

High temperatures by next Friday will be in just the 60s and 70s, much more Septemberlike.

Sven Sundgaard

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Scattered showers will fall across northern and western Minnesota Thursday. Some activity will drift into the rest of the state Thursday night. The weekend will be hot and humid. 

Clouds increase Thursday with showers north and west. Hot weekend ahead

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