NEXT Weather: Scattered, disparate showers and storms expected over Father's Day weekend
MINNEAPOLIS -- Haze from wildfire smoke will linger going into the weekend, but the air quality should be OK, WCCO meteorologist Mike Augustyniak says.
Some hit-and-miss storms are possible beginning Saturday morning in western Minnesota. The Twin Cities area will see possible storms later in the afternoon. Mid-80s temps will accompany the unsettled day.
The Twin Cities should watch out for increasing mugginess through Saturday night, though not awful, as our next rain chance moves in.
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If you canceled any outdoor plans on Wednesday...today is a great day to make it up. Air quality is doing better and the weather is just about spot on for mid June.
— Joseph Dames (@JosephForecast) June 16, 2023
Storm chances pick up this weekend. Again, most of the heavy rain will be west and south. @wcco #mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/vh7zYQSQRF
Meanwhile, air quality looks to be a bit worse on Saturday, but nothing like we've seen over this week. Augustyniak says there should be scattered thunderstorms and showers developing in the metro and points east Saturday evening and will linger through at least Sunday morning, the arrival of Father's Day. Signs are that Sunday afternoon will be drier (even if it's not totally dry) with some sun.
Next week looks to be hot with highs heading back into the 90s. We've had five 90-degree days so far this year; the average for any given year is 13.