Minnesota flipping from cool and wet to warm and dry

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00:00Well, we are finally done with the rain. The sun is back and temperatures will slowly be warming up.

00:04As we head into next week, we're in for a drier and eventually warmer than normal pattern.

00:19Well, the rain is done finally and boy, did we get quite a bit.

00:23On average, almost three inches of rain in the Twin Cities metro.

00:27And that was part of this kind of bullseye right over south-central Minnesota.

00:30But a wide area of more than two inches of rain there, all in red.

00:34Not having a huge impact on this week's drought monitor yet because the data cutoff is 7 a.m. Tuesday.

00:39So it only includes part of this most recent rainfall.

00:43Still have some moderate drought hanging on to parts of western, northwestern, and north-central Minnesota.

00:47But I think that'll be trimmed back next week, too.

00:51Skies cleared out overnight, north to south, and it was a frosty morning.

00:54A lot of places up north, near or slightly below freezing.

00:57Hibbing was 26 degrees at sunrise.

01:00Pretty chilly.

01:01But we've got the sunshine today, but you can see some instability.

01:04Fair weather cumulus kind of building in from Wisconsin.

01:07So the next couple of afternoons, we will see some of these fair weather cumulus clouds pop up here

01:11with that leftover cool air aloft and a little moisture here in the atmosphere.

01:15So as we warm things up, you'll see a few of those clouds build in.

01:18But overall, brighter conditions certainly in the next few days.

01:21Into the 60s today, another frost advisory for northeastern Minnesota tonight.

01:25All of those same areas that were frosty this morning could be very close to the freezing mark again.

01:30But this is pretty average for them.

01:32Most northeastern Minnesota locations, average last frost is sometime in late May.

01:38But we will see pretty widespread low to mid-30s there across northeastern Minnesota.

01:42Staying in the 40s here in the Twin Cities and most of southern Minnesota.

01:45Back into the mid-60s tomorrow, pretty much statewide.

01:48A little cooler into the Arrowhead, otherwise not bad.

01:51And then skipping ahead to Sunday, that's when we start to see the temperature shift a little bit.

01:55Closer to 70, both Sunday and Monday, Memorial Day itself.

01:59And then next week, we continue that warming trend.

02:01And it still looks mostly dry for most of us most of the time.

02:05That's the big asterisk there.

02:06There will be some isolated or spotty showers.

02:09Mainly north Saturday, mainly south on Memorial Day.

02:12But in the central part of the state, I think we'll be kind of poised for the majority of the dry weather here.

02:19So total rainfall in the European model, Friday to Monday, kind of paints the picture.

02:23Anything we see is going to be light and pretty spotty.

02:27So definitely no washout here for the weekend.

02:29But it's also not going to be hot.

02:31You're not going to want to go swimming necessarily.

02:33We've been in this cool pattern here across the northern U.S.

02:35Heat wave in the south.

02:37That pattern is shifting.

02:38It gave us a lot of rainfall, but next week, the south is going to be cool.

02:42So Texas gets a break from their heat wave.

02:44That means 80s and 90s instead of 90s and 100s.

02:48And we will see above-normal temperatures here mid to late week.

02:51That means 70s and 80s returning to the area by next Friday.

02:55Still a week away, but I think we'll be in the 80s here across much of the state.

02:58Maybe even earlier, potentially by Thursday.

03:01And that will set us up for a warm last couple days of May into the first couple days of June.

03:06And drier than normal conditions, too.

03:08Next week, overall, for us in the north-central part of the U.S.,

03:11the south gets the wet weather that will keep their temperatures cooler than average, too.

03:16So until we get those dew points up, we're not looking at widespread precip or severe weather.

03:20By late next weekend, dew points finally start to open up from the Gulf.

03:24Could see some stickier air, but that's not until maybe next Sunday.

03:28So until then, no widespread soaking rains.

03:31Just gradually warming temperatures to those normals and beyond, which is now in the low 70s.

03:37We should be back above normal by Wednesday and then the rest of next week.

03:41But in the meantime, a little cooler than normal, but not bad.

03:44The sunshine will feel nice.

03:4660s by day, close to 70.

03:48And overnight still in the 40s to near 50 degrees.

03:51And with just, again, some isolated chances of rain here over the weekend and early next week.

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