Minneapolis is a near and dear to my heart. Most of my life, I’ve lived within the town’s orbit, and it’s always a fun occasion to be able to assemble a forecast for the Mill City.
At 415PM, Minneapolis was reporting heavy thunderstorms and a temperature of 63 degrees. A batch of showers and storms has followed a warm front through the day from North Dakota, and is now battering the Twin Cities with heavy rain and some convection. West of this batch of storm activity, more storms were developing underneath the warm front, and ahead of a cold front that was chasing the warm front. These storms have a history of being severe, however given the air modification currently being performed by the complex moving through, they won’t be severe, if they can even hold together, when they reach Minneapolis.
The low pressure moving in the Upper Midwest is backed by a bit of upper level support, however the most kinetic action is related to heat and lee troughing in the High Plains. This will cause the system to dawdle as it moves towards Lake Superior, and redirected moisture towards low pressure in the Plains will sap precipitation potential as the week wears on. Don’t be surprised by a mostly cloudy week, even with rain generally north and east from town.
Tomorrow – Rain ending before sunrise, mostly cloudy, a bit breezy, High 77, Low 60
Thursday – Partly to mostly cloudy, High 73, Low 58
TWC: Tomorrow – Intervals of clouds and sunshine. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 75, Low 61
Thursday – Cloudy. High 78, Low 56
AW: Tomorrow – Variable clouds with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm High 77, Low 60
Thursday – Considerable cloudiness High 75, Low 54
NWS: Tomorrow – A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 3pm. Partly sunny, High 76, Low 60
Thursday – Mostly sunny, High 75, Low 55
WB: Tomorrow – Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 77, Low 60
Thursday – Mostly sunny. High 74, Low 58
WN: Tomorrow – Partly cloudy with showers and chance of storms, High 76, Low 60
Thursday – Partly cloudy, High 75, Low 55
CLI: Tomorrow – Light rain showers, High 74, Low 60
Thursday – Overcast, High 74, Low 56
A stormy night that is expected to continue for a while. It’s pretty messy on radar this evening in Minneapolis!
