Fluffy weather

By meteorologist Bill Endersen:

This afternoon's cumulus clouds had a friendly, fluffy look as they decorated the sky. Farther north some clouds did develop into widely scattered showers in the Brainerd Lakes area, but they dissipated quickly.

The cool air mass gave us a 58-degree morning in the Twin Cities while it was jacket weather to the north. Hibbing cooled to 38 degrees while Embarrass was the chilliest spot with 36 degrees.

Tomorrow morning will be in the 40s up north and 50s in central and southern Minnesota. For you early risers, look for the bright planet Jupiter high in the southern sky toward dawn.

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The Twin Cities should drop to about 58 and then give way to an afternoon high near 80 again.

We certainly could get more hot weather before summer ends. The record high for today in the Twin Cities is 101, so really toasty weather can still come our way. So far we have not had any 90s this August.

Showers and thunderstorms remain likely for Friday and Friday night, before moving off and leaving Minnesota with a very pleasant weekend.

Dallas watch continues as they are experiencing their 40th consecutive 100-degree day. The string will continue to grow and there is no rain in their forecast for the next week, so the Exceptional Drought will get even worse.

Enjoy a lovely evening.