Severe Risk Today – Flood Risk Early Next Week? So far this year 34.47 inches of precipitation has fallen at MSP International Airport, almost exactly 10 inches more than average, to date. Keep in mind an average of 31 inches falls the entire year. At the rate we’re going, gazing at the maps, we should give the all-time record of 40 inches plus in 2016 a run for the Much of today looks sunny and and warm with a south breeze, a dash of humidity, and a potential for a swarm of strong to severe thunderstorms by late afternoon or evening. A couple of real cool fronts are shaping up, the first on Wednesday, a stronger push of Canadian air Friday. Saturday may be the cooler, drier day of the weekend. A deepening storm funnels a rich supply of moisture 8-Day Rainfall Totals. I hope ECMWF is wrong – we don’t need 3-5″ of rain anytime soon, but the European model is hinting at a stalled from early next week capable of rainfall extremes. NOAA agrees (see below). Map: WeatherBell. Chilly Second Week of October? It will be if NOAA’s GFS model (above) verifies, showing a pretty good pop of…