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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
540 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

A WARM FRONT EXTENDING NEARLY EAST-WEST FROM ORTONVILLE TO
LITCHFIELD TO ANOKA AND CONTINUING INTO WISCONSIN REMAINS THE FOCAL
POINT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THIS MORNING WHILE A COLD FRONT
LINGERS OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. THE WARM FRONT IS A GOOD
DELINEATOR FOR TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WITH 40S NORTH OF THE FRONT
AND 50S TO THE SOUTH. THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTH TODAY
WHILE THE COLD FRONT OUT WEST PROGRESSIVELY SHIFTS EAST. THE WARM
AND HUMID AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE STATE TODAY...ALTHOUGH
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE QUITE SPARSE AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH OF THE WARM
FRONT...AFFECTING AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. FOR
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...ONLY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LIGHT SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED. COOLER AIR WILL START TO INFILTRATE THE STATE TODAY AS
HIGHS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S TO
MIDDLE 60S. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS...
INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...WHERE HIGHS WILL CLIMB TO THE
LOWER 70S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PRESS EAST TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...KEEPING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST...MAINLY FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
THE COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY EXIT THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
BRINGING IN COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
ALONG WITH LONG-AWAITED PERSISTENT SUNSHINE. HIGHS WILL DROP TO THE
50S AND 60S FOR WEDNESDAY THEN REMAIN BETWEEN 60 AND 70 FOR BOTH
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

THE BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS ADDITIONAL
WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. THIS MEANS INCREASED CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH
TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW NORMAL.

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