Updraft: June 17, 2011 Archive

Scattered Friday thunder; Summery weekend ahead!

Posted at 1:05 PM on June 17, 2011 by Paul Huttner
Filed under: Weekend

The weather maps may bring us a little bit of everything this weekend.

Friday night nowcast:

A warm front lifting north Friday evening is triggering a few scattered showers & T-Storms. It appears the best potential for heavy rain and severe weather will be in southwest and south central Minnesota.

SPC has posted a slight risk for severe weather south & west of the metro, and a few of the storms could be marginally severe.

-Latest Twin Cities radar loop

Summery weekend ahead:

The front should lift north by Saturday, leaving most of Minnesota in a more summery air mass. Temperatures should approach 80 Saturday afternoon in the southern half of Minnesota, with some 70s in the northeast and cooler temps along the North Shore.

Sunday also looks summery, with Minnesota largely between weather systems and under considerable sunshine. High should again touch 80 in much of the south with upper 70s in the north.

Modles split on weekend rain chances. NAM seems to favor a mostly dry weekend!

An upper level low pressure system will spin over the northern Rockies this weekend, and then shift east toward Minnesota Monday. It appears the best chance for showers and thunderstorms will arrive Monday afternoon in Minnesota.

NAM model paints rain into Minnesota Monday afternoon.

Enjoy the weekend!

PH