Soggy Wednesday, brighter warmer weekend ahead
The first waves of rain rolled into Minnesota overnight as expected. The initial burst put down some .30- to .80-inch rainfall totals.
Heavier rainfall tonight
The core of our inbound low-pressure wave crosses Minnesota Wednesday evening. That's when the heaviest concentrated bands of rain and thunder ride in.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model captures the essence of an arc of heavier rain riding in with the parent low-pressure system this evening.
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Multi-inch rainfall totals
Many locations are already on the way to an inch of rain. The overall notion of 1- to 3-inch rainfall still looks valid across a good chunk of Minnesota by later Thursday.
Drier and warmer weekend
We come up for air later Thursday and Friday. The weekend right now looks sunnier, and warmer.
Eclipse 2017
Next Monday is still too far out for accurate cloud predictions locally. But most models suggest a low pressure system may bring considerable cloud cover to parts of the Midwest. The best adds to see the eclipse according to model data as of now? Just north of Kansas City, Mo., into southeast Nebraska.
Here's the Canadian GEM model total cloud fraction forecast for 1 p.m. next Monday.
Stay tuned.