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00:00We've got some weather to talk about in Minnesota, of course, too. Some showers later today,
00:04bigger storm for the weekend, and warmer temperatures the next couple days, too.
00:18Hello from Phoenix, Arizona, again, where it just so happens I'm here for a potential weather event
00:23today. Talking about record-breaking temperatures. Yeah, even for Phoenix, the record high is 96
00:28today. Forecast to get in the upper 90s to maybe 100, which would be the earliest
00:32they've ever hit 100 in a spring season. So it is hot even for Phoenix. Well, as I mentioned,
00:37I'm in Phoenix, Arizona, where temperatures would be 15 degrees above normal today, but
00:42you got to kind of adjust it to Minnesota climate. That would be the equivalent of 30 degrees above
00:47normal because they have a higher or lower standard deviation, less variation at this
00:51time of year. So Weather Service in Phoenix is forecasting a record of 100 degrees today. The
00:56record high is 96. If we hit 100 here, it could be the earliest 100 recorded in the spring season
01:03for Phoenix. So yeah, this is hot even for Phoenix this early. Back in Minnesota, temperatures in the
01:0850s today, 30s and 40s to the north, and we do have one of a couple different weak clipper
01:14disturbances moving through the area that's going to bring some late afternoon, evening light rain
01:18showers to a swath of central Minnesota, from Fargo-Moorhead area down through Alexandria,
01:24St. Cloud, and the Twin Cities. So one little piece of energy. These are pretty weak, fast-moving
01:29disturbances, but there's another one that'll probably move through late tomorrow, and that
01:33was not initially in the forecast. So these very little ripples or waves in the atmosphere sometimes
01:39don't get caught onto by the computer models until we get a little closer in time. So a few showers
01:44this evening, and not much out of that, but couldn't be a clap of thunder if we get enough
01:48little energy with that. And then tomorrow evening, another quick shot of maybe a cluster of some
01:54showers, and in between, some sunshine, but all combined, maybe a tenth of an inch of some rainfall
01:59amounts, according to the average of the models, the blended weighted average of the computer
02:05models. Back in the 50s tomorrow, 40s to the north, and temperatures will continue to climb a little
02:10bit upward here into Thursday and Friday. We're still looking at temperatures that by Thursday
02:14should be 60 plus for much of southern Minnesota, even well into the 60s across southwestern
02:19Minnesota, and we're going to start to see a temperature contrast really set up here
02:23late Thursday into Friday that this next larger storm system, more organized storm system, will
02:27take advantage here for the weekend. Well into the 60s, even some 70s near 80 in southwest
02:32Minnesota Friday, well it's in the 30s in northern Minnesota, and the next storm, which is just a
02:37cluster of clouds here in the Pacific, will be making its way towards us by then bringing the
02:42first volley of moisture. The first spoke of kind of energy will move through Friday. That'll touch
02:47off some showers and thunderstorms as we head into late Friday, Friday night, and then Saturday,
02:53but then a second wave we'll be watching could be moving a little bit further to the south and
02:57southeast, and that could bring another swath of maybe some rain and snow. Sunday, Monday models
03:02right now keeping that one to the south, but late Friday some showers. Here's that second shot of
03:08moisture Saturday night, and then another one again to the south mostly here Sunday and Monday.
03:14Now the American model keeps that that third wave a little bit further north, which could bring
03:18some snow. So this is we're watching. This is that first wave Friday night, and then the second one
03:23Saturday night into Sunday. Where each of those lines up will determine where the precip falls,
03:29but there's basically going to be two or three different rounds of moisture with the weekend
03:33storm system. So round of snow for northern Minnesota Friday night, and then the American
03:37model gives us some snow Saturday night. European model keeps that one south, and then that third one
03:41well to the south. So we're kind of trying to time out these three different volleys of
03:46energy or moisture with that weekend storm system, but putting all the models together
03:52looks like on average we could see a couple inches maybe in southern Minnesota,
03:56but if it's wet and warm as that falls it might be less than that, but all all in all still an inch
04:03plus of liquid equivalent precipitation Friday into Saturday and Sunday. So needed moisture,
04:08I know I sound like a broken record, but two-thirds of the state is still in at least
04:11moderate drought, so we definitely could use the moisture in March. So far is quite a bit more
04:16active than winter was. More frequent systems have been moving in in March compared to December,
04:21January, February, and also each of the systems that have been coming through have delivered more
04:26than double the amount of moisture that any of the winter systems have. So it's not your
04:31imagination. March has been a more active month, but also considerably warmer. We're going to end
04:36it a very mild month here, but 52 Tuesday, 60 Thursday. Again, we'll try to time out those
04:44two to three main rounds of moisture here Friday, Saturday into Sunday.