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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1137 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WERE FOUND ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS
MORNING. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOWER 50S ALONG THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER TO THE UPPER 70S IN THE SOUTH.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WESTERN ONTARIO WILL KEEP
MOST OF THE STATE DRY TODAY. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE
WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
DISTURBANCE. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA LATE IN THE DAY. THE
REMAINDER OF THE STATE WILL SEE SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON
ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 60S IN THE NORTH...TO THE
MIDDLE 80S IN THE SOUTHEAST.

THE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE GRADUALLY EAST TONIGHT BRINGING A WARM
FRONT NORTHWARD ACROSS IOWA. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 30S IN THE ARROWHEAD...TO THE UPPER 50S
IN THE SOUTHWEST.

THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY ON FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL
TURN MORE SOUTHERLY DURING THE DAY...BRINGING HIGHER RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES TO THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE
LOW 60S IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO THE UPPER 70S IN THE SOUTHWEST.

THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS AND SLOWLY
MOVE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL
TREND WARMER AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND A LITTLE COOLER ON SUNDAY.

$$

HUYCK