Rainy pattern arrives, first 70 in sight?

April showers are here a week early.

A slow moving low pressure storm slides south, dealing waves of showery weather. The bulk of the rain arrives overnight and Friday, but a few showers may linger this weekend.

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NOAA GFS model via tropical tidbits.

The heaviest rainfall still favors southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Twin Cities lies on the northern edge of the soak zone. Rainfall totals of .50" look likely for the metro. 1" to 2"+ totals still center on Rochester and La Crosse.

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NOAA GFS rainfall output via pivotal weather.

Temperatures gradually warm from the upper 40s to low 50s the next few days in southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities metro.

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Weather Bell

Spring in sight?

The upper air pattern continues to suggest that By the first week of April, the jet stream lifts north into Canada. If this map verifies, we'll go into full spring fever mode, and the season's first 70-degree temps are likely.

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NOAA

We warm gradually through the 50s next week, and then the lid comes off the first week of April. Models continue to crank out 70 for the Twin Cities the first week of April.

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Custom Weather

NOAA 16-day GFS suggest a warm and potentially thundery end to the first week of April.

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NOAA via IPS Meteostar

Time to dust off the Doppler, golf clubs, and prep the boat?