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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1124 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

A WARM FRONT LINGERING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY PRODUCED
SOGGY...OVERCAST CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. CLUSTERS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THIS FRONT OVER
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH EAST INTO EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND. MANY AREAS
FROM BRAINERD SOUTHWARD TO MINNEAPOLIS RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN WITHIN THE PAST 12 HOURS.

AN LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STALL ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TODAY...
HELPING TO SLOWLY LIFT THE WARM FRONT INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. AS
THIS FRONT LIFTS NORTH...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL ALSO BE LIFTED
NORTH...AND RAINFALL WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO AREAS IN AND
NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. WARMER CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND SOUTH
OF THE FRONT AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 80S IN
THE SOUTH...WITH SOME MID 50S IN THE ARROWHEAD.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MINOR FLOODING AND ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY LATER SATURDAY EVENING
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA...AS A
COMPLEX OF STORMS DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS AND MOVES
EAST. SUNDAY WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE
DAKOTAS MOVES EAST INTO THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL RUN
WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S FOR ALL BUT FAR NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA WHICH WILL HAVE TEMPERATURES HOLDING IN THE 60S.

THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT
WEEK...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT MINNESOTA.
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL BACK INTO THE 50S AND 60S BY TUESDAY.

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MCLOVIN