Possible Record Warmth and Rain Threat for Minnesota This Week

Record warmth and gusty winds on Wednesday will create potentially critical fire conditions in southern Minnesota, while showers will develop on Thursday in the northwest and spread east by Friday night. The early April heat wave prompts the question of whether this is climate change, but the answer is complicated. While most months are rapidly warming, February and April are affected by a potential increase in polar vortex disruptions that may be an unintended consequence of human-caused climate change.