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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
315 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXITED THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE LAST EVENING...AND THE SKY CLEARED.  EARLY MORNING
TEMPERATURES RANGED IN THE UPPER 40S NORTH TO THE LOWER 60S IN THE
SOUTHEAST.

SUNSHINE WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE STATE TODAY...ALONG WITH LIGHTER
WINDS.  HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL DRIFT EAST OVER THE
STATE TODAY...AND EXIT TO THE EAST LATER TONIGHT.  HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL STILL RANGE BELOW AVERAGE...WITH HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED
TO TOP OUT THE 70S.

A SOUTHERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH.  WARMER
AIR...ALONG WITH INCREASING MOISTURE SHOULD LIFT SLOWLY NORTH AND
EAST OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE.  THIS WILL GENERATE
A SMALL CHANCE OF A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE
SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT.  THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE SHOULD REMAIN
DRY...WITH A FEW CLOUDS.  LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE IN THE
MID 40S NORTHEAST TO NEAR 60 SOUTHWEST.

A WARM FRONT WILL ADVANCE EAST OVER THE DAKOTAS ON FRIDAY.  THIS
WILL SPREAD CLOUDS AND THE INCREASING THREAT OF MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE.  HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.  THIS WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND STORM CHANCES WITH IT.  PART OF
THE REGION WILL BE DRY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY.  THE
NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE THREAT OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
THROUGH SUNDAY.

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