Pleasant conditions before humidity, storm threat returns late this week

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00:00Well, we have another beautiful day on the way today and tomorrow, and still mostly dry on Thursday, too.

00:05The next widespread chance of thunder moves in for Friday, followed by a nice weekend.

00:19So with some storm reports, as expected last night, a few of them, some wind damage reports

00:24just south and west of the New Ulm area towards Medelia,

00:27and a couple of tornado reports, and these were photographed, too, here in the northwestern part of the state around Beltrami.

00:35So a pretty interesting scenario there.

00:38Those storms all really fizzling out, though, generally as they moved east.

00:41We saw a few thunderstorms pop up ahead of the main line of storms that produced some rainfall in the east metro,

00:46but otherwise most of the Twin Cities saw very little rain, but there were pockets of one-inch swaths kind of randomly across the state.

00:53But high pressure settling in now that it's bringing sunshine, getting rid of some low clouds and fog

00:57in northern Minnesota, and we're in for really a few nice days.

01:00Could see an isolated shower today, particularly northeastern or southeastern Minnesota,

01:04but most of us should stay dry with just some fair-weather cumulus clouds developing.

01:08Low to mid-80s for highs today and tomorrow pretty much statewide.

01:13Not a lot of temperature variation.

01:14We're in that time of year where we're in our most stable kind of weather conditions

01:18with little fluctuation in temperatures over area, too.

01:22So dew points a little more comfortable, too.

01:24They're dropping today with this weak front behind yesterday.

01:27Today and tomorrow should see upper 50s to around 60-degree dew points,

01:30which is considerably more comfortable than last weekend.

01:33But by Thursday evening, you're going to notice those dew points increasing,

01:36and that moisture will help contribute to the next chance of thunder here,

01:39widespread thunder chance on Friday.

01:42Right now it's an upper-level low just off the coast of California.

01:45That little pool of cool air loft instability will make its way across the Rockies here,

01:50up and over the heat dome to the west.

01:52That's where the heat's really staying over the next several days,

01:55but that will come in as a wave here Thursday night into Friday,

01:58and that's going to create our next round of weather here, showers and thunderstorms,

02:01and probably two main rounds of activity that we'll show in a second.

02:05And moisture surging ahead of it, as we mentioned,

02:07those dew points will increase late Thursday into Friday.

02:10So a round of thunderstorms Thursday night.

02:12This is 4 a.m. Friday, probably a break for the better part of the day Friday,

02:16but more storms will develop and push through late Friday into Friday night,

02:20but it looks as though this is all going to get out of here in time for Saturday and Sunday.

02:23We finally figured out our timing with showers and thunderstorms.

02:26But another inch to an inch and a half of rain possible across a large chunk of southern,

02:31central, and northeastern Minnesota Thursday night into Friday and Friday night.

02:35So we remain adequate or at a surplus for rainfall.

02:40But just enough energy, maybe Friday we'll have to watch for some strong storms.

02:43It'll depend upon how much sun we get in the middle of the day Friday.

02:46And, of course, the question always is where the shear to organize storms will set up to.

02:51But Saturday looks nice behind it.

02:54Sunday, too, we'll clear out.

02:55Drop in humidity again Saturday.

02:58Very comfortable and probably our coolest day over the next seven days,

03:01Saturday, with highs just in the upper 70s to around 80,

03:04which is just a few degrees cooler than normal.

03:06Probably right around 79, 80.

03:0870s, though, for most Saturday.

03:09And then Sunday it'll be warmer again.

03:11A lot of 80s out there.

03:12But, really, the next seven days, pretty quiet, stable weather as far as temperatures go.

03:17We're not talking about any real heat or cool weather.

03:19Right near normal here, cool and wet in the south.

03:21And that heat dome, for now, at least staying in the west, keeping things hotter than normal there.

03:2784 today.

03:28Lots of sun.

03:29Again, slight, slight chance of an isolated, random shower popping up really at any point late in the afternoon, evening.

03:35But, again, better chances of that for the northeastern and southeastern parts of the state.

03:40Tomorrow looks gorgeous.

03:41Thursday, maybe a few storms already in western Minnesota, but I think we'll stay dry here in eastern Minnesota until Thursday night.

03:48And that's when we'll see scattered showers and storms.

03:50Friday again, kind of in two waves, early and then late.

03:53All moving out of here.

03:54It looks like time for Saturday and Sunday, which look pretty nice now.

03:58And next chance of any thunder, models kind of differ on timing either Monday or Tuesday of early next week.

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