Four warm days coming
Yesterday's abundant sunshine was ahead of a series of dips and sways in the jet stream that will bring us increasingly changeable weather for the next several days. The overlying pattern, however, will treat us to very mild temperatures through Monday.
Today
There will be a bit of light rain near the Canadian border today. Otherwise expect patchy clouds and mild temperatures. It will be the wind that will increase and get your attention. Gusts are likely to exceed 30 mph in open areas this afternoon. Fortunately, those winds will blow from the south and will push high temperatures into the low 50s in the Arrowhead and all the way into the low 70s in southwestern Minnesota. The Twin Cities should warm to about 65 on a day when the normal high is 59.
Tonight
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Low clouds will thicken tonight and might give up a little drizzle after midnight.
Saturday
Tomorrow is likely to be mostly cloudy with just a a slight chance of a brief shower or thunderstorm popping up in eastern Minnesota in the afternoon. Storms should increase somewhat as that disturbance crosses Wisconsin later in the day. In spite of the clouds, look for balmy highs from the low 60s to the low 70s. The Twin Cities should reach about 68.
Sunday
Sunday should be mostly dry and quite warm. High temperatures are forecast from the upper 50s north to the mid 70s in the south. The Twin Cities might touch 70.
There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday evening and Sunday night.
Monday
Monday looks like the warmest day of the bunch, with highs from the low 60s north to the upper 70s in the southwest. The Twin Cities should be headed for the low 70s.
Turning cooler
Cooler, more seasonable weather will makes its return beginning on Tuesday.
Meanwhile
Impressive areas of nighttime thunderstorms were lighting up the sky from central Texas to western Tennessee.
If you also noticed the lightning off the Pacific Northwest coast in the above image, that is part of a massive storm drenching that corner of the country with rounds of heavy rain. The storm is made up partly of remnants of Typhoon Songda and has been generating hurricane force winds and huge waves along the Oregon Coast.
