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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1139 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

CLOUDY SKIES WERE FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA LATE THIS
MORNING. AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WITH
A WARM FRONT STRETCHING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAIN WAS FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTH AND CENTRAL AND TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE 40S
NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...TO THE LOW 60S SOUTH OF THE FRONT. RAIN SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOW 50S IN THE NORTH
TO THE UPPER 70S IN THE SOUTHEAST...WITH UPPER 40S NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR.

THE LOW WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND WILL
KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
STATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL
INTO THE LOW 40S IN THE NORTH TO THE LOW 50S IN THE SOUTH.

CLOUDS AND RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE
STATE...AS THE LOW MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE
UPPER 50S AND LOW 60S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE MAIN
FOCUS OVER SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR IN
THE NORTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS BUILDING INTO THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S IN THE ARROWHEAD TO THE
MIDDLE 40S IN THE SOUTH.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY APPEAR SUNNIER AND DRIER WITH TEMPERATURES
RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TO NEAR 70S IN THE SOUTHEAST.

ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN SHOWERS TO THE STATE
WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

$$

HUYCK