Have you ever noticed how it always seems like Minneapolis is on the edge of stormy weather? If there’s a snowstorm, the tightest snowfall gradient always seems to cut through the metro. When large hail and tornadoes are possible, the storms seem to skirt just south or north, as they did earlier this week.
Well, it’s happening again. This time, severe storms could erupt near the Twin Cities on Friday, though the speed of a cold front will determine whether the metro gets hit or watches the storms bubble up to the east.
The cold front is going to be strong. In fact, it’s conceivable that temps ahead of the front will be in the 70s around midday, with cold air crashing in behind the front, dropping temperatures into the 40s and 30s.
The latest models are coming into agreement that storms will develop near Interstate 35. That seems to be what the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service is anticipating as well…