Justin Liles: Light to moderate rain possible tonight!

When will the rain stop? That’s the question on many Northlanders mind today. By the looks of things, a large-slow moving low will continue to dive south from Minnesota to northeast Iowa. Light to moderate rain is expected tonight. The highest amounts of accumulations will be over the areas where saturated soils already exist. These areas include along the North Shore from Duluth to Silver Bay and south of U.S. Hwy 2. Monitoring any future flooding through the evening is high priority right now.

We’ve already received over 9” of rain this month which is 7” above normal. In the last three days we’ve had roughly 4.61” of rain making it the 14th wettest 3 day stretch since the 7.25” during the June flood of 2012. Regardless, we have a bunch of water, and our wetter conditions may improve some Tuesday, but it will likely be short lived.

Another round of wet weather arrives again this weekend. Showers once again look to get started Friday and last through the weekend. Temperatures will likely climb well above average this weekend and there is a chance that we’ll be warm enough to see some record high overnight lows.

TONIGHT
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
TUESDAY
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
WEDNESDAY
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
FRIDAY
A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
SATURDAY
A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
SUNDAY
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
MONDAY
A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.