Week ends slightly warmer in Twin Cities, with rain chances ahead
Saturday will be a little more humid than Friday in Minnesota, with a few spotty rain showers expected to move across the state.
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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.
Saturday will be a little more humid than Friday in Minnesota, with a few spotty rain showers expected to move across the state.
Tuesday will be hot and humid in the Twin Cities, with rain possible in parts of Minnesota overnight.
After a wave of energy brought some passing showers and storms to the Twin Cities early Sunday, most of the day will be dry.
Highs will be in the low 80s on Saturday, with the next chance for storms in southern Minnesota in the evening hours.
Wednesday will be another hot, humid day in the Twin Cities.
Storms like the one that swept through eastern Wisconsin Monday could start pushing your insurance premiums even higher.
A couple of comfortably hot days ahead in the Twin Cities until badly needed, widespread showers arrive.
One day after the Twin Cities experienced its hottest day of year so far, a near-record dew point was set early Monday, reaching 81 degrees at 2 a.m. Humidity, however, has since dropped.
Events and other scheduled outdoor activities are being canceled across Minnesota Thursday as hazardous wildfire smoke continues to pour down from the north amid an extreme heat warning.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday members of the Royal Canadian Air Force successfully evacuated 11 Minnesota teenagers and four staff members from wildfires north of the border.
Wednesday will be another dangerously hot day in Minnesota as wildfires continue to burn and air quality concerns linger. A NEXT Weather Alert will remain in place through Friday due to these concerns.
The metro is no longer under an air quality alert, though northern Minnesota is.
A NEXT Weather Alert remains in effect through Thursday evening, as does an extreme heat warning.
The high temperature in the Twin Cities on Saturday will reach around 90 degrees with a heat index in the low 90s.
The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon weekend will be pushed back to mid-October in 2027 after several years of hot temperatures and unfavorable conditions for runners.