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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073-202000-
BENTON-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-MEEKER-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-
STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...HUTCHINSON...
MILACA...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.NOW...
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.

$$

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-202000-
ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-
HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-STEELE-
WASECA-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...MANKATO...
MINNEAPOLIS...OWATONNA...RED WING...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.NOW...
SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

FURTHER NORTH...A BROAD 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 THERE ARE MULTIPLE BANDS OF LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS FEATHERING OUT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA
AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OUT OF MINNESOTA INTO THE
DAKOTAS.

LIGHTER WIDE SPREAD TENTH INCH AMOUNTS WITH ISOLATED QUARTER TOTALS
ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH
300 PM.

$$

WIZ014-023-024-026-202000-
PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-ST CROIX-
1259 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING INTO...OR DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...FROM DURAND AND ELLSWORTH
NORTH TO HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND AND BALSAM LAKE...MENOMONIE AND RICE
LAKE.

THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST TOWARDS LAKE SUPERIOR AND
MINNESOTA.

LIGHTER WIDE SPREAD TENTH INCH AMOUNTS WITH ISOLATED QUARTER TOTALS
ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH
300 PM.

$$

CARLYON