An area of rain and thunderstorms will approach the western Twin Cities suburbs just after 10 a.m. and spread east into the east metro by 11 a.m. Some of the storms could produce brief heavy rainfall,

Friday afternoon there is a Fox 26 Storm Alert in place due to expected scattered and heavy storms between 2-9p.m. Otherwise, the day is mostly cloudy and muggy with highs in the low to mid 90s.