Much of Minnesota is either unusually dry or in real dry spell today, so we might utilize some rain.
There is lots of wetness available for rain and thunderstorms today and tonight. At 7 a.m. rain and thunderstorms covered the majority of southwestern Minnesota and parts of west-central Minnesota, with a couple of irregular locations of rain in northern Minnesota. The rain will continue to spread out eastward as we go through today and after that stick around into this night in lots of locations.
Parts of southwestern Minnesota saw strong thunderstorm winds previously today. There is the capacity for some extreme weather condition in Minnesota and western Wisconsin this afternoon and night. The NWS Storm Prediction Center reveals a minor danger of extreme weather condition (shaded yellow) today and tonight in parts of southern Minnesota, with a minimal extreme weather condition danger (darker green) in a broad area of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin:
Severe weather condition outlook Saturday/Saturday night
NWS Storm Prediction Center/Twin Cities NWS
Slight danger implies that spread extreme thunderstorms are possible, with a separated extreme thunderstorm possible in the limited danger location.
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Here are extreme weather condition classifications utilized by the Storm Prediction Center:
Severe weather condition danger classifications
NWS Storm Prediction Center
You can discover upgraded weather condition info for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the MPR News network. Find the latest radar here.
You can likewise examine these National Weather Service websites for upgraded weather condition information: Twin Cities, Duluth, La Crosse, Wis., Sioux Falls, S.D., Grand Forks, N.D.
Temperatures and humidity
The typical Twin Cities heat is 81 degrees on June 24. The city location will see Saturday highs in the lower and middle 80s.
Most of main and southern Minnesota will have Saturday highs in the 80s, with 70s in much of northern Minnesota and 60s in the far north:
Saturday projection highs
National Weather Service
Parts of western Wisconsin will touch 90.
Dew ponts will remain in the sticky 60s:
Saturday 1 p.m. projection humidity
National Weather Service
Update
A brand-new Updraft will be published around 10:40 a.m. today. It’ll consist of a take a look at Sunday and the week ahead.
Programming note
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