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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

THE SKY REMAINED MAINLY CLEAR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
TEMPERATURES WERE SLOW TO COOL IN THE SOUTHEAST...WHERE THE WINDS
WERE STILL GUSTING TO NEAR 20 MPH.  EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM THE LOWER 40S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 60S SOUTHEAST.

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WILL AFFECT ABOUT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA THROUGH THE
MORNING.  A FEW SHOWERS OR EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS ABOUT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE.  CLOUDS WILL THIN SOME
INTO THE AFTERNOON...AND WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM TO 75 TO 80
IN THE SOUTH AND WEST...BUT REMAIN IN THE 60S IN THE NORTHEAST.
WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN YESTERDAY MOST AREAS...AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY.

THE SKY SHOULD REMAIN CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.  BUT WITH
LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL THROUGH THE 40S AND
50S.

ONE MORE DRY DRY IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES
RETURNING TO MOST SECTIONS OF THE STATE.  AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE
EXPECTED TO WARM THROUGH THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER CONDITIONS ARRIVE FOR THE WEEKEND. AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
LIFT INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVER THE WEEKEND.  THIS WILL BRING IN
MORE CLOUD COVER AND AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.  TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD HOWEVER.

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