Weekend Outlook: Half decent
It looks like a half decent weekend in Minnesota. The question is which half?
Here's the scoop. Plan the day at the lake for Sunday.
A slow moving low pressure system will bring another wave or two of rain and thunder through southern Minnesota and Iowa this weekend. The next wave overnight and into Friday morning should again favor areas along the I-90 corridor. A flash flood watch has been posted for southwest Minnesota into Friday.
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1" to 3" rainfall totals last night has saturated ground in the southern quarter of Minnesota, and it won't take much additional rainfall to get rapid rises in rivers and creeks.
The highest risk for severe weather Friday appreas to be south of the metro in southern Minnesota and into Iowa and Wisconsin.
For the metro and points north, it appears the heaviest and more persistent rains may stay south of us until Friday night. In fact, some of the models portray a fairly nice weather pattern until the next wave of storms rumbles in Friday night. That's the wave that could linger into Saturday, keeping a few persistent showers in the forecast until things finally clear out late in the day Saturday.
Sunday still looks like a classic. Plenty of sun, low humidity and warm temps in the 80s.
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