Friday system looking less impressive before gorgeous weekend in Minnesota

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00:00Well, we saw some showers this morning. More storms are on the way here over the next 36

00:04hours or so. Cool front will wipe it all out in time for what looks like a beautiful weekend on

00:08the way. So those showers this morning kind of developing and moving along the advancement of

00:24that humid air, which has returned for much of western and southern Minnesota. Dew points now

00:28well into the 60s, close to 70. And that humid air sticking around through tomorrow. And that's

00:32going to create this unsettled scenario here through Friday night. We've got that warm front

00:37that it's into state halfway. But that's produced those showers that are diminishing now as those

00:45overnight upper level, low level jet stream winds diminish here. But we are going to see that humid

00:50air continue to take hold across the state. Dew points will be near 70 by the evening. So pretty

00:54humid air. And that's sticking around through tomorrow. But we'll be watching that cool front

00:58to the west. Combined with this upper level low, we've been tracking this is what was off the

01:03coast of California now making across Wyoming and Colorado. And that combined with that cool front

01:08to the west will be the focus for storms, more widespread storms to develop later tomorrow. So

01:13morning activity fizzles out. But we could see an isolated shower or thunderstorm really anywhere in

01:18the state today, especially if we see enough sunshine. Those clouds will break up here and should see

01:24some peaks of sun, which should get us into the 80s today. But the more sun we potentially see,

01:29better chance of some of those spotty storms popping up. And then tomorrow, it's going to be

01:33mainly late in the afternoon. We'll watch these storms in western Minnesota develop midday

01:36along the front and then kind of track east in a broken line. This system for tomorrow is looking

01:42less and less impressive. But there will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms late tomorrow

01:46into tomorrow night. But it all clears us early Saturday. And not really a real strong risk of severe

01:52weather, just a marginal risk level one out of five that we could see one or two isolated storms.

01:56We just don't have that dynamic support aloft to organize storms. These will be rather just

02:01showers and garden variety storms ahead of that front moving through. But we will see some

02:06additional rainfall, half inch to an inch and a half of potential rainfall for us. And those dew points,

02:11which will start out near 70 tomorrow evening, will drop through the day Friday behind that front.

02:16That'll bring in some stable, clear air for the weekend. So dew points in the 50s here by the time we head

02:21into Saturday afternoon. Highs right 80, kind of a picture-perfect afternoon Saturday with the

02:27sunshine, lower humidity. And then Sunday will be a little warmer again, back well into the 80s.

02:31But Monday could be close to 90 here across central and southern Minnesota, ahead of the next round of

02:37what looks to be some dreary weather, more of a June or May-like setup next week. We're going to

02:41have this upper-level disturbance, which will kind of break away from the upper-level ridge. That's what

02:45this upper-level high is here. That's the heat dome in the southwest. You can see all these little

02:49x's. Those are kind of disturbances rotating around it. Well, one's going to break away and move towards

02:54us as we head into late next or midweek next week, Tuesday into Wednesday. That's going to produce

02:59some widespread cloud cover, unsettled weather, and more showers and thunderstorms. And that's

03:04going to keep the temperatures a little below normal probably. So widespread showers and thunderstorms,

03:10potentially Wednesday too. So a couple of dreary days here will keep those temperatures

03:155 to 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. We don't typically get these kinds of

03:20systems that give you a couple days of clouds and showers in July, but looks like that's what's

03:25going to happen next week. So soak up the sun this weekend and on Monday. 83 today, if we can get

03:31enough sunshine out there. Again, a spotty shower, thunderstorm possible. And then tomorrow,

03:37it's going to be that better chance late afternoon, evening into the overnight. Clearing out here Saturday,

03:42though, with that drop in humidity. Again, lots of sun and pretty warm here by Sunday and Monday.

03:47But then that next system will produce more showers and storms Tuesday into Wednesday,

03:52and that's going to kind of knock the temperatures down. It looks like next week for Wednesday and

03:56Thursday, too.

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