Minnesota weather: Mostly cloudy, temps rise

Wednesday Forecast: Mostly cloudy, temps rise

As Tuesday's light rain leaves, the clouds linger. Wednesday will be overcast all the way into the afternoon. A random sprinkle here and there is possible. Later in the afternoon as temperatures, the clouds will break.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - After Tuesday's rain, there is extra cloud coverage on Wednesday morning.

The morning will continue to be overcast, but in the afternoon the clouds will try to break. Expect a random rain shower around lunchtime before the clouds break.

Into the afternoon it will move from completely overcast to mostly cloudy as those clouds finally try to break up. The high today is 69 degrees in the metro area, which is exactly one degree higher than average. Overnight tonight expect patchy cloud cover and fog, with overnight low temperatures around the low 60s.

Thursday morning will be cloudy. Those clouds will dissipate to make room for sunshine in the afternoon, with high temperatures being in the low 70s. Expect some thunderstorms on Friday and a hot, muggy weekend.