Thursday Morning Northland Forecast: 8/29/2024

A Stormy Thursday

This weekend, we close in on the end of August, the last weekend of the Minnesota State Fair, and Labor Day. All we want is some decent weather to celebrate all three. Can we get it? That’s the all-important question. And, it seems the answer is yes! But first, we need to get through a Thursday that seems a little riled up, and has the potential to be on the stormy side.

Twin lows exist in Montana and in far northwest Minnesota. It’s a huge curl in the atmosphere that needs to get past us, before we can get some of the sunshine we are wanting for the weekend. A warm front pushes east from Iowa, with a trailing cold front thru the Dakotas. Between those, the area is ripe for the production of showers and thunderstorms today. While some are already bringing heavy rainfall to parts of central and northwest Minnesota, the heavier showers should hold off til later this afternoon and evening. Some areas could see a couple of inches of rain, while most of us will pick up around a half inch before midnight. Once the whole system passes, high pressure moves in for Friday, bringing with it gusty northwest winds, and clearing skies. After some morning fog on Friday, we can expect mostly sunny skies, and a high around 75. Saturday and Sunday both look sunny, with highs of 78 and 70. And Labor Day looks just about perfect, with sunshine, light winds, and a high of 70.

So, once we get through some potentially noisy and wet weather today, things are looking quite bright for the upcoming holiday weekend! Yay!

FOX 21 Meteorologist Karl Spring