Heavy Rain Overnight

A heavy does of rain fell overnight in the region, as one line decided to sit over the area for a little over an hour, slowly moving northeast around midnight, then another batch came racing through about 5 am. Overall in the area, Paynesville came out the "winner" so far with a storm total of 3.95", with 1.32 inches between 1 and 2 AM (.79 inch in 19 minutes between 1:12 and 1:31 AM) and another 1.70 inches between 4 and 5 AM (1.54 inches in just 19 minutes between 4:12 and 4:31 AM).


Estimated rainfall overnight

Other notable reports from the area include Cold Spring with 3.43 inches, SCSU 2.24 inches, Alexandria 2.17 inches, Carlos 1.72 inches, Brainerd 1.29 inch, Little Falls 1.25 inch, Rice 1.12 inch, St. Paul-Holman Field 1.01 inch, Buffalo .92 inch, Milaca .90 inch, Mora .85 inch, Kimball and St. Cloud Regional Airport .83 inch, Redwood Falls .82 inch (only .17 inch at Redwood Falls Airport), and Long Prairie .79 inch.

Meanwhile, we have news from the PGA tournament out at Hazeltine from Tiger Woods. According to a tweet from KFAN's Dan Barreiro "Confirmed: Tiger prefers our rain showers to showers that have fallen on any other major ever. "Really wonderful rain here," rumored to say." http://twitter.com/DanBarreiroKFAN/status/3344871198

Some pop up showers and storms are possible throughout the afternoon until a cold front finally comes through and starts taking the moisture out of the air. Some cooler air will also move in with the cold front, keeping highs in the 70s for most of the week.

Another good dose of rain looks likely Wednesday into Thursday, as a system will move in and currently is forecasted to slow down/stall out over the area.

Today: Slight chance of a thunderstorm, otherwise mostly cloudy. High 75.

Tonight: Clearing out. Low 56.

Monday: Partly cloudy. Less humid. High 78.