Rivers slowly receding; a cool start to July
Clusters of thunderstorms roamed the state on Saturday with rainfall amounts of over 2 inches in portions of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Amounts were lighter in the southwest metro, where my rain gauge collected less than a half inch on Saturday afternoon in Eden Prairie.
There is some positive news on the state of the main stem rivers. The weekend rainfall is not expected to bring river levels back up to levels experienced at the end of last week.
Here are a couple of hydrographs which track the recession of water levels.
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Yesterday's anticipated severe weather outbreak stayed mostly south of Minnesota. Here is a visible satellite image of the thunderstorms erupting late yesterday afternoon.
Severe storms are expected to fire up again today and clobber parts of Iowa, Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
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A cool front is tracking south and will arrive with brisk northwest winds, dropping the temperatures well below normal as we begin the month of July.
High temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be well below normal.
Temperatures begin to warm later in the week. At this time, it appears the chances for rain increase as we move through Independence Day.
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