textproduct: Twin Cities

KEY MESSAGES

- Heat continues into midweek with continues highs in the 90s.

- Heavy rain looking increasingly likely Thursday into Friday. Low confidence on where the heaviest rain may fall.

- Smoky skies continue through the week but the chance for surface smoke impacts appears low.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 542 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

No significant weather for all sites. Winds will be at or below 5 kts for the majority of the period, becoming mostly S/SE by late morning. Mid-high level clouds stream across the region, with some fair weather cu expected during the day.

KMSP...No additional concerns.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ WED PM...VFR, slight chc -TSRA/MVFR. Wind SW 5kts. THU...VFR, chc -TSRA/MVFR pm. Wind SW 5kts. FRI...MVFR/-SHRA, chc -TSRA early. Wind SE to NE 5kts.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 1259 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

The rest of today remains quiet with scattered low to mid-level cu. Additionally, there is also a bit of haze on the horizon due which stems from suspended wildfire smoke. This smoke will continue to remain suspended aloft through the period but as of now, does not look to impact surface visibility or flight categories. Thus, left all sites with scattered cloud levels between 10kft and 25kft prevailing through the TAF. Winds will remain light and variable through tonight with a SW'ly shift across all sites by tomorrow around 14/15z timeframe.

KMSP...A low end chance of showers and storms tomorrow does exist for tomorrow afternoon. Confidence for timing and location was too low at this time to include prob30 mentions this period.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ THU...VFR, chc -TSRA/MVFR pm. Wind SW 5kts. FRI...MVFR/-SHRA, chc -TSRA early. Wind SE to NE 5kts. SAT...VFR. Wind N to NE 5-10kts.

MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MN...None. WI...None.