Justin Liles: Periods of rain this weekend

Once again, more clouds will hang around tonight in advance of our next weather make coming tomorrow. Showers and thunderstorms are expected on Friday, with additional chances for on and off precipitation through the weekend into next week. A few storms on Friday afternoon and evening could become strong to severe, capable of producing large hail up to 1″ and damaging winds. The worst areas will likely be west toward Brainerd and pushing north to the International Border by Friday evening.

This will be round 1. Round 2 will bring another shot of rain with heavy rainfall potentially leading to localized flooding across northeast Minnesota and Douglas Friday night into Saturday morning. This round will likely Saturate the north shore once again. Round 3 will arrive Sunday for most of northern Wisconsin. Unseasonably warm temps are likely to continue for the next week, with very warm temps for late September this weekend. Temps will be increasing to well above normal this weekend, with highs reaching into the mid-70s to low 80s on Sunday.

TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
FRIDAY
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
SATURDAY
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
SUNDAY
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
MONDAY
Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
TUESDAY
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
WEDNESDAY
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.