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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
425 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

A FEW SHOWERS OCCURRED OVER THE NORTH DURING THE NIGHT. MOST OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAINED DRY...AND SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WERE NOTED IN THE FAR SOUTH. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
THE LOWER 40S NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 60S IN THE SOUTH.

THE COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH WILL LIFT
SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.
A FEW SHOWERS MAY YET OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH CLOUDS REMAINING
OVER MOST AREAS TODAY.  A WARM FRONT WAS POSITIONED ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA
THIS MORNING...AND WAS THE FOCUS FOR THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
OVERNIGHT.  THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH TODAY...INTO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.  INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE NEAR THIS BOUNDARY
DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND COULD GENERATE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS BY
LATE AFTERNOON.  HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE
LOWER 80S IN THE SOUTHWEST...BUT REMAIN IN THE UPPER 50S IN THE
NORTHEAST.

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THE
BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
NORTH.  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 BE FOUND IN THE
NORTH...WITH JUST A CHANCE IN THE SOUTH.  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 MOVE EAST.  SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT MINNESOTA.  TEMPERATURES WILL
COOL BACK INTO THE 50S AND 60S BY TUESDAY.

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