MINNESOTA, USA — An area of isolated rain will be dropping southeasterly through the region this afternoon lingering into the early evening hours. Following any rain, our skies will clear while our winds settle down.
Here's a look at what we can expect around the dinner hour. The favored area for heavier showers or even a strong wind gust will be western Wisconsin; the strongest storms will end up closer to central Wisconsin.
We have a beautiful weekend for the Minnesota Fishing Opener and Mother's Day.
Plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures are expected around the state for the Minnesota Fishing Opener weekend.
Temperatures will climb well above our seasonal averages for the weekend; the mercury will head for the 70s with a chance of seeing a few low 80s on Saturday.
The mercury will return to the 70s on Sunday with a better chance of widespread 80s on Sunday. A cold front dropping in from the north may fire off some isolated rain for the afternoon. At this moment, it looks like a line of storms could develop near the Twin Cities extending towards SW Minnesota, this line will exit to our south and southeast by the evening.
We're watching a few disturbances developing in the forecast models; there will be a better chance for thunderstorms on Wednesday and again on Friday. We may even wake up to some lingering rain Thursday morning.
After cooling into the lower 60s Thursday, we warm back to near 70 this upcoming weekend. Mother's Day weekend looks mostly dry, with isolated showers possible Sunday afternoon.
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