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AWUS83 KMPX 170925
RWSMN
MNZ001>098-171730-

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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AWUS83 KMPX 160835
RWSMN
MNZ001>098-161730-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

MOSTLY CLEAR AND DRY CONDITIONS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE STATE EARLY
THIS MORNING.  EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 30S
NORTHEAST TO NEAR 60 IN THE SOUTHEAST.

HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED NORTHEAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...WILL KEEP MOST OF THE STATE DRY TODAY.  SOME HIGH CLOUDS
WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE DAKOTAS...AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM.  THIS WILL BRING A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THE REST
OF THE STATE WILL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.  AFTERNOON HIGHS
ARE EXPECTED TO WARM THROUGH THE LOWER 80 SOUTH...BUT REMAIN IN THE
LOWER 70S IN THE NORTH.

TONIGHT...THE DAKOTAS LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST...AND A WARM FRONT
WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS IOWA TOWARD SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.  THIS WILL
SPREAD A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING...AND FARTHER EAST TO EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE IN THE UPPER 30S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 50S SOUTHWEST.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO WISCONSIN
FRIDAY MORNING.  THE WARM FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO IOWA.  THERE WILL REMAIN A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.  HUMIDITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AND TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 60S NORTH TO NEAR 80 SOUTH.

A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS AND SLOWLY MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY. THE SLOW EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP
A CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH THE RAIN
MOVING IN...BUT SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE.

$$