Mark Anthony Meteorologist
More severe weather moved across the state of Minnesota Friday night into Saturday morning. There were reports of knocked down power lines across the state as thousands of homes were impacted by the outages.
The line of thunderstorms produced winds of up to 80 mph in northern Minnesota. A football field had its bleachers destroyed along with some grain bins in Argyle in Marshall County.
There were also reports of large hail in the Brainerd Lakes area. Some locations reported hail from 1 to 2 inches in diameter.
On Saturday, it turned hot across southern Minnesota where extreme heat warnings and heat advisories were issued. At times it felt more like 100+ degrees in that part of the state.
Cooler and drier weather was with us for Sunday into Monday before showers and thunderstorms returned Monday night across the region.
Our active weather pattern will stay with us for much of this week. We should see the upper 80s and lower 90s back in the forecast by this weekend. Certainly, we have a lot of summer left and more opportunities for severe weather.
Stay alert to our changing weather this week and into the weekend.
Weather history: On this date in 1972 heavy rain fell across parts of Minnesota. At Fort Ripley, “10.84 inches of rain fell in 24 hours!”
Weather facts: Did you know that “standing flood water can be electrically charged?” It can be very dangerous if there are downed power lines in the area.
MN AT A GLANCE:
Moorhead Low 56 High 79
Duluth Low 54 High 76
Central Minn. Low 57 High 78
Twin Cities Low 61 High 83
Marshall Low 61 High 83
Rochester Low 60 High 82
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High 78 Low 62 Winds: E 5-10 mph Prec. None
Today’s sunrise: 5:49 a.m.
Today’s sunset: 9:09 p.m.
Normal High: 81
Normal Low: 60
Chances for showers and thunderstorms will return Wednesday night and linger into the weekend. Temperatures will climb to the lower 90s by Friday and stay warm into the weekend.
Thursday: Partly cloudy, 40% chance of showers/t-storms. High 82 Low 71 Wind: SSE 10-20 mph Prec. Trace-.20”
Friday: Partly cloudy and warm, 20% chance of a shower/t-storm. High 90 Low 71 Wind: S 10-20 mph Prec. Trace-.20”
Saturday: Partly to mostly cloudy, 50% chance of showers/thunderstorms. High 89 Low 71 Wind: S 10-15 mph Prec. .10”-.30”
Sunday: Partly cloudy, 40% chance of showers/thunderstorms early. High 89 Low 68 Wind: N 5-10 mph Prec. Trace-.20”