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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1118 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

A LARGE...STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED ACROSS THE
DAKOTAS CONTINUES TO SEND CLOUDS AND BANDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MINNESOTA. SOME AREAS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
SUNRISE...AND MANY LOCATIONS AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR EXPERIENCED DENSE FOG
AND LOW VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES AT DAYBREAK RANGED
FROM THE 40S AND 50S IN THE NORTH...TO THE 60S IN THE SOUTH.

THE ENTIRE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS AT LEAST A 70 PERCENT RAIN
CHANCE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND SOME AREAS MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3
INCHES OF RAINFALL BEFORE TOMORROW. AS A RESULT OF THE EXTENDED SOGGY
CONDITIONS...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE
STATE AND ENCOMPASS MOSTLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLOODING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME MAY BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE. THE MAIN RISK
FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO
THIRDS OF MINNESOTA...AND SOUTH OF DULUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
RANGE FROM THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS THE NORTH...TO THE 80S IN THE
SOUTH. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE 40S TO THE NORTH TO THE
60S IN THE SOUTH.

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.

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