By Bill Endersen

An additional 2 to 3 inches of rain is likely over central Minnesota including the Twin Cities, while locations in southern Minnesota subject to training thunderstorms might get 4 or more additional inches. Read more →

The big weather story for our part of the world the next few days will be the possibility of localized flash flooding, mainly across about the southern third of Minnesota. Rain so far It all began on Monday with an afternoon thunderstorm outbreak. Reinforcements with continuous lightning and thunder overnight Monday night into Tuesday added Read more →

A slowly-moving weather pattern means that we should look for rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms, especially across the southern half of our state, until about Thursday night. Read more →

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely on Tuesday, mainly across the southern half of the state. Expect widespread showers and thunderstorms beginning on Wednesday and lasting well into Thursday. Read more →

Look for sunny skies and near-normal temperatures for the remainder of the week and into next week. Most high temperatures are likely to be from the upper 60s to mid 70s. Read more →

Rainfalls of 2 to 4 inches are likely. Some spots might pick up more than 5 or 6 inches if a rain train persists. Read more →

Numerous showers have been making a slow creep generally northward across southern Minnesota on Monday afternoon.  More than a few evening barbecues in and around the Twin Cities area are likely to get dampened as we wind down the Labor Day weekend. The repeating pattern of showers and thunderstorms soaking Iowa and at times surging Read more →

Strong high pressure continues to be locked in place over the mid-Atlantic states this Monday morning. A plume of tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico is streaming clockwise around the periphery of the high, across Texas then north to Kansas and northeast across soggy Iowa to southern Wisconsin. Severe storms will be possible in Read more →

The cold front that brought yesterday’s clouds and rain has trundled off to our east.  Behind it we will be treated to lots of sunshine and just some spotty decorative clouds. The clearing skies have brought us cooler-than-normal temperatures. The Twin Cities dropped to 52 around daybreak, our chilliest temperature since May 20. Afternoon high Read more →

Today will be just about as perfect as an August day can be. The sun will be out statewide, dew points are way down and temperatures will be near normal. Expect afternoon high temperatures from the mid 70s to low 80s. The Twin Cities should warm to about 82 with a light west wind. Even Read more →