It turned out to be a nice day even though we had winds off the lake. It wasn’t a great beach day like yesterday, but it was warm enough and dry enough to help get rid of a lot of standing water. Other than a stray sprinkle along the International Border and Arrowhead through sunset this evening, no rainfall is forecast in the Northland through Thursday afternoon.

An incoming low-pressure system over the Dakotas Thursday night brings increasing moderate (0.5 to 1″) to locally heavy (around 1.5 inches) to mainly northeast Minnesota late Thursday night and into Friday morning. The heaviest rainfall ends Friday afternoon from west to east before isolated severe thunderstorms may build into north-central Minnesota Friday evening. Large hail around the size of a quarter in diameter and wind gusts to 60 mph are the primary hazards. The rest of the weekend looks to be on the drier side with the potential for some afternoon showers to pop up Saturday.

TONIGHT
Patchy fog late tonight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 48. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
THURSDAY
Sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
FRIDAY
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 69. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
SATURDAY
A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 4pm, then a chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
SUNDAY
Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
MONDAY
A chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
TUESDAY
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
WEDNESDAY
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.