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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

MOSTLY CLEAR AND DRY CONDITIONS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE STATE EARLY
THIS MORNING.  EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 30S
NORTHEAST TO NEAR 60 IN THE SOUTHEAST.

HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED NORTHEAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...WILL KEEP MOST OF THE STATE DRY TODAY.  SOME HIGH CLOUDS
WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE DAKOTAS...AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM.  THIS WILL BRING A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THE REST
OF THE STATE WILL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.  AFTERNOON HIGHS
ARE EXPECTED TO WARM THROUGH THE LOWER 80 SOUTH...BUT REMAIN IN THE
LOWER 70S IN THE NORTH.

TONIGHT...THE DAKOTAS LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST...AND A WARM FRONT
WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS IOWA TOWARD SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.  THIS WILL
SPREAD A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING...AND FARTHER EAST TO EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE IN THE UPPER 30S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 50S SOUTHWEST.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO WISCONSIN
FRIDAY MORNING.  THE WARM FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO IOWA.  THERE WILL REMAIN A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 60S NORTH TO NEAR 80 SOUTH.

A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS AND SLOWLY MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SLOW EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP
A CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH THE RAIN
MOVING IN...BUT SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE.

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