Weather

The first day of May will be dry, but rain and cooler temperatures will return on Thursday. Wednesday will be bright and mild, with highs in the upper 60s for the metro area. The rain will return Thursday morning for on-and-off showers throughout the day.

Rains pushed through the Twin Cities on Tuesday, as stronger storms remained to the south.

Ian Leonard is tracking storms expected to move through Tuesday evening.

Storms are possible on Tuesday evening. FOX 9's Cody Matz has your forecast.

Tuesday morning starts dry and quiet, with sunshine and highs in the mid-60s for the metro area. Clouds roll in again in the afternoon, leading to a stormy evening. The Twin Cities metro area is under a level 1 risk for severe weather, while southern Minnesota is under a level 2 risk.

Monday continued with the cooler temperatures and showers. Tuesday will see a warm up with a possibility of a storm storm as scattered showers hit across Minnesota Tuesday evening.

It's a damp start to Monday morning, but it will slowly start drying out. Overall it's a gray and cool day with highs in the upper 40s and low 50s. Warmer temperatures return for Tuesday, with highs nearing the 70s for the metro and another chance for rain.

Sunday has been rainy and windy, while Monday will be cloudy and cooler. Tuesday will see a warm up with some possible thunderstorms.

Rain will likely develop and stick around through the afternoon and evening hours of Sunday. A couple showers may linger into Monday, but most of tomorrow is expected to stay cloudy to mostly cloudy and dry. Sunshine will likely return for a while on Tuesday along with temperatures approaching 70 degrees before thunderstorms stroll in from the west later in the day.

Showers will likely linger for parts of northern Minnesota through midday Saturday. A second system is expected to bring strong thunderstorms to parts of the Central Plains today which will lead to rain in the forecast Sunday. Rain will likely lift from south to north throughout Sunday. A few rumbles will be expected with the periods of rain for tomorrow. A few showers will probably linger into Monday.

Tornadoes moving through eastern Nebraska is causing weather officials to urge residents to seek shelter.

FOX 9's Jared Piepenburg is tracking more rain on Friday. Here's the latest forecast.