HEAT WAVE to Hit Next Week! Major Pattern Change

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]Well, I got to tell you what, a few rain showers will be moving in to cool things off for the weekend ahead for Mother's Day. It does look like it will have pleasant conditions, but not necessarily hot ones. In the comments below, let me know if you are a fan of hot weather, and then stick around to see the extended forecast. I do believe you're going to like what you have to see as we get started with a look at your weather right now. Here's a look at what's going on across the region as we head into the evening hours. We do have some scattered showers and thunderstorms way down in the Gulf States. Another round of showers and thunderstorms some severe in Oklahoma where there is a severe thunderstorm watch extending up through Missouri all the way up through the Ohio River Valley and into Pennsylvania. Low pressure making its way through the Great Lakes area a little bit closer to home bringing a few showers on the backside of it into the western reaches of North Dakota. These are moving southeast. Our winds are from the north and northwest as we head into your evening. So, passing showers right now making their way right into the areas to the south and east of the Minot region pushing into Wells County right here a passing shower. The best chance of showers in Fargo not until around the 11:00 this evening time frame. So, you're going to have a nice few hours to get some things done before those showers move through and usher in some cooler weather. Let's go and take a look at that hour by hour forecast as we're going through the evening hours and here's what you can expect as we go through. Let me pull up the latest model here that'll get me out just a little bit farther. What you're going to notice with regards to our storm system tonight is that we're going to have the weak showers passing through and by the time we get to daybreak, so really you're looking at about 1:00 a.m. moving through Otter Tail County down towards Alexandria and in toward the Twin Cities as we go into the morning hours. So, passing showers of light rain locally heavier, but most of us will see under 1/10 of an inch of rainfall. Here's high pressure making its way in from the north as that does so we'll have a north northeast wind across much of the region out there. Those shower chances in the morning part of the day will be drifting out into parts of Wisconsin and another batch thanks to low pressure in the state of Colorado will bring a chance for some Wyoming showers, even some flakes of snow but not far from Sheridan. High pressure moving in means north winds and the blue lines means cool, but we will have warmer temperatures heading into your Mother's Day out in Montana. So, warm to the west for mothers out there and then here in the eastern half of the Dakotas and into Minnesota, a cooler but quieter day with not a lot in the way of wind and that's the way things are shaping up. Now the numbers, let's get to the details of what you need to know. First and foremost, a little bit of a northerly component to the wind, 5 to 15 first thing in the morning. We'll have 40s out in Montana and through South Dakota. In North Dakota, some upper 20s not out of the question as you take a look at what's going on there. Zooming into the areas near Fargo, we're expecting a 36° start to the day. In the Grand Forks area, 39 for Fargo-Moorhead and those showers in the morning slipping off toward the Twin Cities with temperatures ranging from the low 30s near the Lake of the Woods area as well as the Red Lakes area straight down to the 50s in Iowa. Then for your Saturday afternoon, things are looking mighty spiffy out there across the the south with some 60s. that's below average for this time of the year and a north wind that'll be a little bit stronger across parts of Minnesota.

[00:03:16]Passing showers of rain keeping cooler temperatures from around Forsyth and Miles City down into the Sheridan, Wyoming area and the Devil's Tower region as well. And then as we take a sneak peek at the Red River Valley, we'll see temperatures as warm as 60 for Aberdeen, 57 Watertown and for Fargo, 50° in Thief River Falls, Hallock, Minnesota at 48°, Warroad 41 and Bemidji 48° a little bit of flannel not out of the question out there for Paul Bunyan and a chance for a few flurries of snow as we go out in towards Ontario. 7-day planner looks like this, 57 for Saturday. There's your midnight showers in Fargo, decreasing clouds, but the north wind will be a little gusty at times as that shifts off to the east. I think plenty of sun for many areas in the Red River Valley, temperatures near 60°. It will be in the 65 to 70° range in Montana though, and cooler temperatures in central and northern Minnesota. Monday, 69°, and we're going to say stay in those 60s as we go into Tuesday with a little weather wiggle what we make its way through the northern plains, and then it IS ON. LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES, 72° for Wednesday, and on Thursday how about mid-70s, and then we'll see some 80° readings as we close out a warm week and next week as temperatures and conditions look to be pretty fair across the entirety of the region. Now, as we go ahead and go back to a look at the radar, I do want to close with a couple of other details with regards to our changes and what's going on tonight.

[00:04:47]First and foremost, what we do have moving in is some colder air, and then we do have some sharp thunderstorms working their way through parts of Missouri. The risk for severe weather will be in the south for us. Look at the change in temperatures that are going to be going on as we go through the night time hours. So, let me get to that 24-hour change in temperature. Up north of us, the blue air, that's the cooling effect behind the cold front way back there. So, we're going to enjoy a pleasant night tonight, but they're about 10° colder than yesterday in and around Saskatoon. Look at Minnesota, 5 to 15° warmer than yesterday at this time, and those showers and thunderstorms causing things to be cooler this afternoon and evening out across much of Kansas and northern Missouri. Same thing goes for the Gulf Coast states as things have cooled off with all the clouds and showers delivered there, but we have warmed up significantly in southern and western Texas, 14 to 15° warmer than yesterday at this time. Hey, the extended forecast from the Climate Prediction Center is in, and here's what we're looking at for the northern plains. As we take a look at the red area here, this is for the 6-10 day forecast and whoop, there it is. That's right. This area here expecting to have a great chance at warmer than average temperatures from Albuquerque all the way through Colorado through the Valentine, Nebraska area, North Platte, all the way up into the the Dakotas. Much milder weather than we've had the last several days with that 6-10 day forecast as far as precipitation goes, showing that, you know, even though we warm up, it doesn't look like a great chance of heavy rainfall. In fact, we stay drier through the Ohio River Valley, the southern Great Lakes area, the chance for wetter weather in parts of southern Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. And that drier trend continues all the way down through parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. Now, how about the real extended forecast?

[00:06:31]Does that warmth last or shift? Here's a look at the temperature outlook as we go through and look at it expand. So, the warmer than average weather is going to be likely in the 2-week forecast, 1-2 weeks out, 8-14 days through all of Missouri, the Ohio River Valley, the Mississippi and Missouri River Valleys.

[00:06:49]And look at this, the Rocky Mountain West as well. With nowhere really having a chance at super cold weather in the lower 48. Looking up in Alaska, that's where the cool will be. Anchorage and well, how about that out there on the Aleutian chain? It looks a little cooler than average with some warmer than average temperatures way up north, not far from the old Point Barrow. Now, here's a look at the 2-week, 1-2 week precipitation outlook.

[00:07:15]And here we start getting into a little bit better chance across North Dakota at seeing a little bit of rain shower activity. No rest for the drought-stricken regions of Montana and Minnesota as things look to be quite dry there, but we could be picking up some Texas moisture. It does look dry as we look out toward the New England states right through the Ohio River Valley, West Virginia on down into parts of Georgia. All right, that is a look at your forecast. I do want you to have a happy Mother's Day. Drop in the comments, moms, what your favorite Mother's Day gift of all time was.

[00:07:50]Inquiring minds want to know. And thank you for everything you do, moms. You are the most bestest. This has been a Hutch's weather update with chief meteorologist Hutch Johnson. Follow us on Facebook AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

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