Thursday is warm and humid with highs near 80 degrees in the Twin Cities. A few showers and rumbles are possible later in the day. The unsettled weather continues Friday and into the weekend.

"We're measuring everything between 33 feet above the ground surface to 7 feet below the ground surface," said Jeppe Kjaersgaard, a research scientist with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Farmers in southern Minnesota will now have access to more coverage and precise data and weather updates to help them make decisions about irrigating crops or when to add fertilizer and apply ...