Rain today and then nice Thursday to Sunday

On By Littum

Periods of rain will continue on and off through the afternoon and then end around noon. 12 Thursday with totals ranging from less than 0.05″ near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border to 0.25″ in most of the west metro and 0.50″ to 1″ areas along a line from St. Cloud to Mankato to Fairmont and points west.

Rain is already falling this morning about 80 miles west of the Twin Cities and will remain west of the Twin Cities through the Wednesday morning rush hour. It will move into the Twin Cities – mainly west metro – after 10:00 a.m. Periods of rain will continue on and off through the afternoon and then end around noon. 12pm Thursday, with totals ranging from less than 0.05″ near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border to . 25″ in most of the western Metro and 0.50″ to 1″ areas along a line from St. Cloud to Mankato to Fairmont and pointing west.

Highs today will be in the mid 40s with southeast winds 5-15 mph, then areas of fog developing overnight with lows near 40 degrees.

Light fog and clouds Thursday morning otherwise a mix of clouds and sun during the afternoon with temperatures near 50 degrees and north winds 5-10 mph. Clear skies with light fog Thursday night and a full moon with light winds and lows in the mid 30s Friday morning.

Mostly sunny and pleasant on Friday with highs in the mid 50s, then sunny and breezy on Saturday with highs in the mid 50s. Partly cloudy Sunday with a few sprinkles possible in the morning otherwise partly cloudy to sunny in the afternoon with temperatures around 50 degrees and windy at times in the afternoon.

Next week starts sunny with highs in the low 50s on Monday, then cloudy Tuesday with rain developing and highs in the low 50s. JONATHAN YUHAS