Very low humidity combined with winds of 20 to 25 mph and gusts to near 40 mph will create critical fire weather conditions Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Storms are expected Saturday night, and a few could produce large hail or damaging wind across the southern half of Minnesota into northern Iowa and western Wisconsin.
Severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening through the night, with the best chances along and south of a line from Montevideo MN to the southern Twin Cities metro to Eau Claire Wisconsin.
High temperatures today will climb into the upper 80s to low 90s south of the I-94 corridor, which will result in afternoon heat index values near 100 degrees.