Clouds Stick Around Sunday, With Rain Chances Returning Sunday Night Into Monday While the clouds are sticking around (for the most part) through the second half of the weekend, at least we are getting a break in the rainfall department after about an inch and a half of rain this past week. However, precipitation will return to the Twin Cities to begin the work week. - D.J. Kayser
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Wet Week Of Weather
It s been a wet week of weather in the Twin Cities, with five straight days of accumulating rain - the most consecutive days with precipitation since October 2019. Overall through the work week we saw a total of 1.51 of rain fall in the Twin Cities. Tuesday saw the most with 0.68 of rain fall. Of course, we did see rain during the Twins game Thursday, causing a slight rain delay.
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Animation from Chanhassen radar on March 10, 2021.
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A wild springtime storm system brought vivid lightning and some of the earliest large hail on record to parts of southern Minnesota, while blanketing central and northeastern portions of the state with 6-12 inches of snow.
The seasonally-conflicted weather came on the heels of strong early-spring warmth. Stations across the state had broken high temperature records on Tuesday March 9th.
By Wednesday morning, a weak stationary front was draped southwest-to-northeast across the state, and a low pressure system began intensifying and moving along the temperature boundary, allowing warm and moist air to surge ahead of it, as temperatures fell across central and northern Minnesota.
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