Hot, humid Tuesday before possibly severe storms arrive in Twin Cities
Tuesday will be hot and humid in the Twin Cities, with air quality concerns starting midday and storm chances arriving overnight.
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Lisa has been fascinated by the weather all her life. She grew up watching Midwest thunderstorms in her hometown in northwest Indiana. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology with a minor in mathematics from Valparaiso University. She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, and has the American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation, as well as a NWA Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association.
While at Valparaiso, she was the founding Chief Meteorologist for their college TV station VUTV, President of the Northwest Indiana American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association, and active member of the Valparaiso University Storm Intercept Team (VUSIT). Part of her involvement with the storm chase team included a 10-day convective field study in which she chased storms across the plains traveling 5,626 miles through seven states seeing her first tornado!
Before making it back to the Midwest, Lisa previously worked for CBS affiliates in Sacramento, West Texas and Central Illinois.
She obtained a master's degree in strategic communications from the University of Minnesota with her capstone project focusing on communicating climate change.
She is a Nationally Certified Emergency Medical Technician and volunteer with Northstar Search & Rescue with her K9 named Thunder.
Tuesday will be hot and humid in the Twin Cities, with air quality concerns starting midday and storm chances arriving overnight.
Humid conditions in the Twin Cities on Monday night will be followed by an air quality alert, which will be in effect from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Sunday will be in the upper 80s with increasing humidity and an air quality alert in place.
Conditions will be hot and dry on Saturday in the Twin Cities with high temperatures in the upper 80s.
The Twin Cities will enjoy a lovely first day of meteorological summer.
Our summer-like temperatures will continue through the weekend.
An air quality alert will be in effect Friday in the Twin Cities for ozone pollution as summerlike warmth rolls on.
Summer heat will build quickly this week in Minnesota, with a few storm chances mixed in.
Storms fire up Sunday evening in southwestern Minnesota and will move east across the south.
Saturday will start cloudy in the morning, but the sun should be out by Saturday afternoon. High temperatures will be in the 70s.
A few rain showers will move through western and central Minnesota Friday night into early Saturday.
Things turn active on Sunday with a stronger storm system bringing much-needed soaking rains.
Saturday looks perfect with ample sunshine, highs in the low 80s and less wind than previous days. Things turn active on Sunday.
Friday will be hot, dry and breezy in Minnesota with critical fire weather concerns continuing. Wind gusts between 25 to 30 mph will keep fire danger elevated, especially in western and central parts of the state.
Expect breezy winds, highs in the 70s and sunshine in the Twin Cities on Tuesday, with fire danger out west.