Briefly quiet before humidity and storms return to Minnesota this weekend

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00:00Well, after a stormy Wednesday, things are a lot quieter today, and tomorrow we're going to see

00:03some sunshine, slight drop in dew points, but that steamy air is back for the weekend,

00:07and so too will be the chance of storms later in the weekend.

00:20Picked up some substantial rainfall here. Several spots in the state picked up more than three

00:26inches of rain. Normally we see this in one bullseye or a swath, but you can see

00:29south central Minnesota, central Minnesota, northwest Minnesota, northeast Minnesota,

00:34Ely, Bemidji, just some of those areas that really saw some pretty incredible pictures yesterday

00:38of flash flooding. Now we've got high pressure moving in. It's going to try to drop the dew points

00:44a little bit, but we'll stabilize things. That frontal boundary that was with us

00:48the last couple days has now shifted a little to the south and southeast. We can see northwest

00:52winds blown in, and on that northwest wind is some slightly drier air. Dew points in the upper 50s,

00:57much more comfortable for northern Minnesota. Still pretty humid here in southern Minnesota,

01:01but not as oppressive as the last couple of days. Dew points aren't quite in the 70s, but

01:06more like the upper 60s. So we see highs still warm today, mid 80s. That's very average,

01:11upper 70s in pockets of northern Minnesota. But another thing coming in

01:14with that northwest wind is some Canadian wildfire smoke. We're seeing air quality reduced here for

01:20much of western, central, northern Minnesota. In the red for a lot of places, that's unhealthy for

01:25everybody. And we could very well see our air quality diminish in the Twin Cities, too. Pretty

01:29much the whole state is under an air quality alert through 11 p.m. tomorrow. You can see some of that

01:33smoky haze here on satellite. A little bit of a question of just how bad it'll get here in southern

01:38Minnesota. I'm not quite so sure that we'll get into that red category, but it may get into the

01:43orange. Unhealthy for sensitive groups here by late today. Temperatures tomorrow back mid to upper

01:4880s, really across the state. So still pretty warm. Again, not quite as humid, but that humidity is going to

01:53increase again heading into the weekend. We're seeing dew points back into the 70s for Saturday

01:57and Sunday. So it's going to be pretty soupy again, along with temperatures getting back closer to 90

02:02degrees both Saturday and Sunday, especially Sunday. Sunday and Monday look quite hot again.

02:06Southern Minnesota probably low 90s. Dew points in the 70s. That means heat indices back into the mid,

02:12maybe upper 90s. But I do think we stay dry here in southern Minnesota. Looks like the storm chances

02:17will be mostly northern Minnesota on Saturday. A couple of spotty storms. And then again on Sunday,

02:21maybe a storm or two during the day. But the better chance is going to come late Sunday into Sunday

02:26night, early Monday. We've got another cool front coming through. So here's 7 p.m. Sunday.

02:31Storms form and then move across the state here overnight Sunday night. So that looks like the

02:35best chance. And then Monday just hot and humid during the day. That's going to be a slow change

02:40behind that front. Another front comes through though Tuesday. That'll bring some more showers. And that

02:44one will finally bring a change here of drier air, more comfortable cooler air too. So dew points will drop

02:50from near 70 to the 50s it looks like by Wednesday and Thursday. High temperatures probably only around

02:5680. So a lot more comfortable if you're getting sick of the heat and humidity, which I know a lot of

03:01Minnesotans do by late July. Temperatures will go from way above normal over the weekend to some

03:06slightly cooler than normal air moving in for midweek next week. So that nice Canadian break from the

03:12heat and humidity moves in for probably the middle of next week. But pretty steamy in the meanwhile.

03:17Today and tomorrow again slightly better with dew points but still pretty muggy

03:21with those dew points in the 60s. And heating up again Saturday and Sunday look great if you're

03:27going to be in a lake or by a pool. Upper 80s to low 90s it's again looking humid again. And then

03:33we'll see our chance of storms here in southern Minnesota again Sunday night into early Monday

03:37and then that chance on Tuesday. But the big story next week will be that shift towards a break

03:42here of some cooler and drier air finally midweek.

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