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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1131 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

A HEAVY BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS...DUE TO A WARM
FRONT SLOWLY LIFTING ACROSS THE STATE. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE
REACHED AS HIGH AS 1 INCH AROUND ROCHESTER OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.

FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE
EXPECTED AS INSTABILITY INCREASES NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SKIES
WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE ENTIRE STATE. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE LOWER 80S IN THE
SOUTHWEST...60S AND 70S ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT WILL REMAIN
IN THE UPPER 50S ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT FURTHER NORTH TONIGHT...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT
THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...
GRADUALLY LESSENING ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE TONIGHT. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL RANGE AROUND 40 NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 60S SOUTHWEST.

ON SATURDAY...A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL DEVELOP OVER THE DAKOTAS AND
THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA.  CLOUDS AND THE
GREATEST THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE FOUND
IN THE NORTH...WITH MUCH SMALLER CHANCES FOR MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWARD.
WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL BE FOUND SOUTH OF THE FRONT...AND
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM THROUGH THE MID 80S IN THE
SOUTH...WITH SOME MID 50S IN THE NORTHEAST.

SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY LATER SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MINNESOTA...AS A COMPLEX OF STORMS DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
DAKOTAS AND MOVES EAST.  SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SOME SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS THE SURFACE
LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS MOVES EAST INTO THE STATE.

THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL BACK INTO THE 50S AND 60S BY TUESDAY.

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MCLOVIN