Owatonna, Minnesota 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
331 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Some strong to severe storms possible across southern MN into
  western WI this afternoon and evening.

- Quieter weather expected to start the week, especially on
  Tuesday.

- Next period of active weather looks to come at the end of
  next week, with a possible frontal passage for the Fourth of
  July.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 324 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

It has been a busy past 12 hours... the line of storms that
produced several tornadoes and areas of wind damage has
stalled and weakened early this morning. Light rain will
gradually diminish this over the next couple of hours. A kink
in the mid level will bring a lobe of vorticity over southern
MN this afternoon and evening, sparking another round of
scattered storms along a weak synoptic front. These will
primarily have a threat of large hail and damaging winds based
on the 2500+ J/kg of CAPE and mid level lapse rates around 7 to
7.5 C/km. Any storms that form will be efficient rainmakers as
PWAT values could still be 1.5"+ across the Upper Mississippi
Valley. Confidence is low on how far west and north storms will
develop, with the highest confidence more so across SW MN and
west-central WI down into central IA (noted by the Slight Risk
region in the SPC Day 1 outlook).

Overnight into Monday morning, a cold front tied to a weak
shortwave will usher out our high dewpoints and produce gusty
northwest winds during the day Monday. An additional round of
showers and storms is possible along this front, but CAMs vary
on how widespread the coverage is. Based on the timing of this
front coming overnight, it is not expected to produce much of a
threat for severe weather. During the day, there will be a
chance for some scattered diurnal showers, primarily north of
I-94 up towards the Twin Ports area.

Tuesday should be one of the nicer days this week, with
recovering temps and lighter winds as higher pressure settles
in over the Mississippi Valley. Gradual warming will continue
through the week, with highs in the 80s most days and generally
dry conditions outside of the chance for afternoon, diurnally
driven precipitation. The best signal for storm chances
continues to come on the 4th as a frontal passage looks
possible. More details should come into focus this week, but it
will have to be a period to keep an eye given the uptick in
outdoor events for the holiday.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 209 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Showers and thunderstorms are ongoing with mainly MVFR impacts.
Winds are generally light outside of any westerly gusts
associated with the line of showers and storms. VFR cigs/vis
return later this morning before another potential round of
-TSRA during the early afternoon/evening. Confidence is fairly
 low, so have opted to stick with a PROB30 mention for now.

KMSP...No additional concerns.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON...VFR. Wind NW 10-15G25 kts.
TUE...VFR. Wind NW 10-15 kts.
WED...VFR. Chc TSRA. Wind SW 5-10 kts.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...None.
WI...None.

&&

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DISCUSSION...BED
AVIATION...Dye