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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
505 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

A WARM FRONT LINGERS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
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 THROUGH DAYBREAK. WARMER
AIR BROUGHT INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS MORNING KEPT
LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S...WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
STATE HAD LOWS RANGING THROUGH THE 50S.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE DAKOTAS TODAY...
HELPING TO LIFT THE WARM FRONT INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THIS
FRONT LIFTS NORTH...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL ALSO BE LIFTED NORTH
SUCH THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL BE
FOUND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO 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 A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
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 SOME
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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