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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1132 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...WIND ADVISORY NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

LATE THIS MORNING SKIES WERE CLEARING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
MINNESOTA...WITH SUNNY SKIES OVER THE SOUTH AND NORTHWEST. AN
AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WAS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN MINNESOTA. RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.

A WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES WAS OBSERVED AT 11 AM...FROM 93
DEGREES AT SAINT JAMES TO 45 DEGREES AT CLOQUET. THERE WAS A WIDE
BAND OF 60 TO 80 DEGREES FROM NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TO THE SOUTHEAST.

ONCE THE CLOUDS DEPART...TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE UPPER
80S TO MIDDLE 90S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR
THE TWIN CITIES THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOW 80S ACROSS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

WITH THE VERY WARM...RELATIVELY DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS OVER
MUCH OF THE STATE THERE IS AN INCREASED WILDLAND FIRE DANGER. RED
FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHERN...ALL OF CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

WITH THE RAPID WARM UP ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A
HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
INDIVIDUALS WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE MAY BECOME DEHYDRATED
QUICKLY.

IN ADDITION TO THE RED FLAG WARNING...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
OVER NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH.

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE 40S TO MIDDLE 50S. WEDNESDAY WILL BE COOLER
AND DRIER WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL
CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 60S AND 70S.

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HUYCK