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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
525 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY NUDGE NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE TODAY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS FRONT THIS MORNING WILL
SWEEP THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. WARM AND HUMID
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN THE WAKE OF THESE STORMS FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WHILE NORTHERN PORTIONS REMAIN COOL
AND DAMP. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S UP NORTH TO THE 70S TO
AROUND 80 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE INCREASED MOISTURE
AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL MAKE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO TONIGHT.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONT WILL LINGER
IN THE EASTERN DAKOTAS THROUGH MONDAY...DRIFTING INTO WESTERN
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WHILE A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
STRENGTHENS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE
MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY
SOGGY SOILS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN
MINNESOTA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
EVENING.

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT MINNESOTA. ONCE THIS SYSTEM EXITS...A
DRYING OUT PERIOD IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL BACK INTO THE 50S AND 60S BY TUESDAY. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE
ON THE MORE MILD SIDE...IN THE 60S AND 70S...MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
HOWEVER...THE DEPARTURE OF THIS SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY WILL LEAVE
COOLER TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE. HIGHS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL
BE IN THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS THE STATE.

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