5-8-18 Northern Plains: Numerous areas of showers/storms into tomorrow… very active into the weekend for South Dakota/Southern Minnesota. B.

Today’s Video: 

Good Tuesday morning everyone! 

Rain is affecting much of Minnesota this morning and Eastern North Dakota. This area of rain will push off to east throughout the day, but lingering light showers likely continue for portions of Eastern North Dakota and Northern Minnesota today: 

Here’s a look at the simulated radar into Wednesday night. Note, we continue to see an active look today and tomorrow, with more storms developing especially for Southern Minnesota this afternoon into the overnight hours: 

The NAM3 has had a good handle on the evolution of this system. Here’s a look at it’s precipitation forecast over the next 24 hours: 

As this upper-level energy finally passes through late Wednesday, cooler air will be drawn in and much cooler temperatures are on the table to end the week. Here’s a look at temperatures over the next 4 days. Note, frost/freeze risks are possible for portions of North Dakota into Northern Minnesota.

Isolated areas of fog are possible tomorrow morning in low-lying areas in South Central North Dakota and North Central South Dakota: 

A boundary will develop Thursday and linger in the area into Sunday and allow for numerous chances of precipitation Thursday into early Sunday for South Dakota and Minnesota. 

Here’s a look at precipitation from the German/European Models over the next 7 days. Note, these models seem to be underdone in Northern Minnesota/Eastern North Dakota (refer to NAM3 precipitation in video and post above), but have a good handle on late week rain risks: 

Here’s a look at winds over the next 4 days: 

Here’s a look at afternoon dew point over the next 4 days: 

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