Retired University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley has good news for anglers: so far, May temperatures are averaging a few degrees higher than normal, which means even more lakes should be open by Saturday's fishing opener.
Widespread rain has been soaking southern Minnesota overnight and into this morning. About an inch of rain had fallen in Rochester up to 7 a.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, dry high pressure from the north has been cutting off the rainfall near the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Some showers likely will reach the metro…
Highs Thursday will be in the upper 50s over much of Minnesota, but there will be some 60s from the Twin Cities metro area into southeastern Minnesota. Sunday should be a very pleasant Mother's Day.
The next weather system will be a warm front in Nebraska and Iowa that will spread moderate to heavy rain across mainly the southern third of Minnesota beginning Thursday night and ending on Friday.