One more awesome day today, soaking rains arrive tomorrow
Here it comes. An arc of rain and embedded thunder is tracking east across the Dakotas Wednesday. It's part of a September-like low-pressure system that will wind up and move through Minnesota Thursday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Global Forecast System model depicts the system and its rain shield.
NOAA's North American Mesoscale Forecast System model lays out the widespread rain zone. Use this animati0n more as a guide than gospel for specific totals.
A widespread 1- to 2-inch rainfall zone with embedded higher totals still seems likely Thursday.
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