A wide steady rain area with numerous embedded heavy showers is located over the eastern Dakotas and the northwest quarter of Minnesota. Away from this steady rain shield a there are multiple bands of light rain showers feathering out across the east half of Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. Most of the rain is moving to the north and west out of Minnesota into the Dakotas...some new showers are moving into southwest Minnesota...near Pipestone and Worthington. The heaviest showers are in central Minnesota moving north through Spicer New London...and Paynesville north to Melrose and Albany. Periods of rain fall over northwestern Minnesota will bring an additional widespread tenth inch with scattered quarter inch amounts...up to isolated half inch rain fall totals through 300 PM this afternoon. Lighter wide spread tenth inch amounts with isolated quarter totals are expected over eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin through 300 PM.