Severe Thursday storms could impact Minnesota State Fair, Gopher home opener

MINNEAPOLIS — A NEXT Weather Alert is in effect on Thursday evening in the Twin Cities, with possible storms that could impact the Minnesota State Fair and the Gophers' football home opener.

There is an enhanced risk (three on a scale of five) of severe weather in the metro between 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with wind, heavy rain and an isolated threat of a tornado. Of those, the damaging winds look to pose the strongest risk in the Twin Cities metro area and beyond.

The humidity will drop behind the storm system, leaving the metro with a stretch of really comfortable days.

Friday will be in the upper 70s, and will be a #Top10WxDay. Temps on Saturday could be in the lower 80s.

Slightly cooler air will move in on Sunday and Labor Day, bringing high temps down in the lower to mid-70s — a great way to wrap up meteorological summer.

Early next week appears to be dry and slowly warming closer to average, with possibly one of the best stretches of weather the metro has seen in some time.