Minnesota weather: Temps heat up this week

After a cloudy, rainy Sunday, get ready for plenty of sun and warmer temperatures for the week ahead.

Minnesota weather: Temps heat up for week ahead
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After a rainy, cloudy Sunday, plenty of sun and temps hovering around 90 degrees are expected as we move into the week. Ian Leonard has your forecast.

Father's Day forecast: Showers then dry, hot week in MN
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We have a chance for some scattered showers, and a stray rumble or two this Father's Day, as clouds will dominate the sun in the afternoon.

Minnesota weather: Shower and storm chances Father's Day weekend

Temperatures will be in the 80s this Father's Day weekend, and there's chances of scattered showers and thunderstorms, but no severe weather is expected.

MN weather: Storm chances Father's Day weekend
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Saturday will have high temperatures in the 80s and a chance of isolated showers and storms in the afternoon and evening hours. The rain will continue overnight with chances of scattered storms on Father's Day.

Sunshine Saturday leads to possible rain Sunday
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Clears skies Friday night will lead to a sunny Saturday as clouds increase throughout the day. Spotty showers Saturday night might linger into Sunday, with a high in the 80s.

Friday's forecast: Smoky, haze and drought
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After a double blast of smoke from Canadian wildfires over the past couple of days in Minnesota, Ian looks ahead to the weekend.

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Drought quickly expands in Minnesota
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This may be a classic "be careful what you wish for" scenario. April was a mostly cool & another very wet month with plenty of sub average temperatures and gloomy conditions. This coming after the wettest winter on record and one of the wettest starts to spring on record. At this point, Minnesotans couldn't scream loud enough to get the gloom to end. Well, Mother Nature heard you and flipped the switch. May ended up anywhere from the 2nd�to 5th�sunniest on record, depending on where you live in the state, and the rain completely shut down after the first few days.