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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1146 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...A WINDY FISHING OPENER...

A STRONG UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT PUNCHED ACROSS MINNESOTA AND BROUGHT CLOUDS AND A FEW
SHOWERS TO EASTERN MINNESOTA. MORE NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS REPORTED
IN THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 30
MPH AT MOST STATIONS ACROSS MINNESOTA WITH SEVERAL STATIONS
REPORTING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

EXPECT WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH MUCH OF THE DAY. FOR THOSE LAKES
STILL COVERED WITH ICE... THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW ICE AROUND
AND COULD CAUSE SOME DIFFICULTIES ON SOUTHEAST SHORES IF THE ICE
PILES UP.

WINDS WILL TAPER OFF AND HIGH PRESSURE...WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES...WILL SETTLE IN FOR THE NIGHT. LOWS SHOULD BE IN THE
20S AND LOWER 30S...WITH WIDE SPREAD FROST. EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY
ON MOTHERS DAY...ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES VARYING FROM 45 TO 60
DEGREES.

AFTER THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY...A DRAMATIC WARM UP IS
EXPECTED TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS MINNESOTA WILL CLIMB INTO
THE 70S AND 80S BY TUESDAY...SOME SPOTS IN THE SOUTH COULD HIT
THE 90 DEGREE MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. OVERALL...THE
PATTERN WILL REMAIN MOSTLY DRY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

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