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  • 2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Ari Bergeron |Lindsey Peterson |Chris Shaffer

    A check of the forecast over the next week shows a chance of showers or thunderstorms every day. That comes on the heels of a pretty rain-soaked Thursday and Friday in much of Minnesota. But how much rain could possibly accumulate? Is there a chance some areas will see 5 to 6 inches as predicted with potential flooding? Tyler Hasenstein with the National Weather Service weighs-in.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Lindsey Peterson |Chris Shaffer

    Did you get enough rain this week? A three-day, needed soaker drenched parts of Minnesota - but not quite all of it. So depending on where you are, it was either too much or not enough says WCCO-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Shaffer. "We needed it because the drought conditions were still bad coming out of winter," says Shaffer on the WCCO Morning News Thursday. "But 2.3-inches of rain fell over the three day span in the Twin Cities.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Steve Simpson |Lindsey Peterson |Chris Shaffer

    It's not going to be very summer-like in the few days prior to the unofficial kickoff to summer, Memorial Day weekend. But some much needed rain is forecast for central and southern Minnesota Monday and Tuesday - and it looks like it could be a soaker. WCCO-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Shaffer says it'll start Monday evening and continue into Tuesday. "Tomorrow is the main rain day, it's just on and off rain, more on than off I think, and a high of 49," says Shaffer. "That's average for late March.

  • 1 month ago | audacy.com | Ari Bergeron |Lindsey Peterson |Chris Shaffer

    High n' dry. No, not the Def Leppard album as WCCO-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Shaffer might have you believe. That's the forecast. Following Friday's kind of 'crummy' weather (it actually snowed this morning in parts of Minnesota's Iron Range), it gets a lot better and fast. We'll experience some really, really nice spring weather and you get to thank something that sounds like it is out of a sci-fi movie for it: welcome to the Omega Block Pattern.

  • 1 month ago | hometownsource.com | Chris Shaffer

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Chris Shaffer
Chris Shaffer @WCCOShaffer
11 Jun 25

RT @WCCO: ⚠️ SEVERE T-STORM WARNING for Dickinson, Jackson, Osceola county until 6/11 3:30PM. Damaging 1.75"+ hail and/or 70+ mph winds are…

Chris Shaffer
Chris Shaffer @WCCOShaffer
11 Jun 25

Rain is on the way. There are a few severe thunderstorms in SW MN. The rain won't last long, and we'll dry out once the line passes. Much more rain on the way tomorrow and Friday. https://t.co/ZnD1hED3Ao

Chris Shaffer
Chris Shaffer @WCCOShaffer
11 Jun 25

RT @WCCO: ⚠️ SEVERE T-STORM WARNING for Nobles, Dickinson, Jackson, Osceola, O'Brien county until 6/11 2:45PM. Damaging 1.75"+ hail and/or…