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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
455 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

JUST AFTER THE 4AM HOUR...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE NORTHERN
THIRD OF THE STATE...AND FAR WEST...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS
ELSEWHERE. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST FROM 5 TO 10 MPH.
TEMPERATURES RANGED THE FRIGID MID 30S ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE NORTH SHORE...TO THE MID 50 TO MIDDLE 60S SOUTH. SKIES
WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GOPHER STATE BY
THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL TO MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHERN HALF AND
NORTHEAST. HIGHS FROM THE MID 60S NEAR RED LAKE AND NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR TO THE MID 80S FAR WEST. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH
TO SOUTHEAST FROM 7 TO 12 MPH.

A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE CATALYST TONIGHT FOR A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE STRONG...OVER THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY
CLOUDY...WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 50S NORTHEAST TO MID 60S SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH SOUTH...AND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 2 AND
6 MPH NORTH.

ON THURSDAY A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL BE SEEN OVER THE FAR EASTERN DAKOTAS. INSTABILITY AHEAD
OF THIS FEATURE WILL GENERATE A CHANCE FOR MORNING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF MINNESOTA...AND THEN BECOMING LIKELY BY
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MINUS THE FAR NORTHEAST
...IS UNDER A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HIGHS WILL TOP OUT INTO THE
MID 60S NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS TO THE MID 80S SOUTH. WINDS WILL
BE OUT OF THE SOUTH BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH SOUTH AND WEST CENTRAL
...AND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 8 AND 12 MPH NORTH.

CHANCE TO LIKELY POSSIBILITIES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MINNESOTA RIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AS THE
STORM SYSTEM NOTED ABOVE SLOWLY TREKS EAST.


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